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Table MSDIND2_3YRSIG

Comparison of averaged estimated prevalence rates of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by the current or most recent job, by industry, for people working in the last 12 months, averaged 2005/06-2007/08

Industry description Section, division, group or class Whether rates statistically significantly higher/lower than average across all industries
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing A&B Higher
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A Higher
    Agriculture, hunting and related service activities 1 Higher
    Forestry, logging and related service activities 2 *
  Fishing B *
Extractive and utility supply C&E No#
  Mining and quarrying C *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E No#
Manufacturing D No
Construction F Higher
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H Lower
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G Lower
    Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; retail sale of automative fuel 50 No
    Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 51 No
    Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles: repair of personal and household goods 52 Lower
  Hotels and restaurants H Lower
Transport, storage and communication I Higher
    Land transport; transport via pipelines 60 No
    Water transport 61 *
    Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agencies 63 No
    Post and telecommunications 64 Higher
Finance and business J&K Lower
  Financial intermediation J Lower
    Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding 65 Lower
    Insurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security 66 *
    Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation 67 Lower#
  Real estate, renting and business activities K Lower
    Real estate activities 70 No
    Renting of machinery and equipment without operator and of personal and household goods 71 *
    Computer and related activities 72 No
    Research and development 73 *
    Other business activities 74 Lower
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L No
Education M Lower
Health and social work N Higher
Other community, social and personal service activities O Higher
    Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation and similar activities 90 *
    Activities of membership organisations not elsewhere classified 91 *
    Recreational, cultural and sporting activities 92 No
    Other service activities 93 No
Other P&Q *
  Private households with employed persons P *

Notes:

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates

# Rate based on fewer than 30 sample cases


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