Table BACKSIZE2 - 2007/08
Estimated prevalence and rates of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders mainly affecting the back caused or made worse by current or most recent job, for small, medium and large workplaces, for people working in the last 12 months
| Workplace size + | Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated prevalence (thousands) | Rate per 100 000 employed in the last 12 months | |||||
| central | 95% C.I. | central | 95% C.I. | |||
| lower | upper | lower | upper | |||
| Illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job | ||||||
| Small (less than 50 employees)~ | 103 | 88 | 119 | 630 | 540 | 720 |
| Medium (50-249 employees) | 36 | 27 | 45 | 600 | 450 | 750 |
| Large (250+ employees) | 47 | 37 | 58 | 700 | 550 | 850 |
| Missing/unknown | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job) | 192 | 171 | 212 | 630 | 570 | 700 |
| Other job caused or made illness worse, workplace size unknown# | 49 | 39 | 60 | .. | .. | .. |
| Total (illness ascribed to any job) | 241 | 218 | 264 | 800 | 720 | 870 |
Notes:
.. Not applicable
+ Relates to the number of people at their workplace, which is not necessarily the same as the number of people working for the company.
~ Includes those who are self employed on their own or with partners who have no employees.
# Includes those who did not answer the question identifying the job to which their illness was ascribed and those who said their illness was ascribed to a job other than their current or most recent in the last 12 months.
Individuals who gave the response 'Don't know but between 50 and 499' have been coded as missing/unknown.