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Table MSDIND6 - 2007/08

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work and associated average days lost per (full-time equivalent) worker due to self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by the current or most recent job, by industry section

Industry description + Section Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
Sample cases $ Days lost (thousands) Average days lost per worker
central 95% C.I. central 95% C.I.
lower upper lower upper
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing A&B 7 * * * * * *
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 7 * * * * * *
Extractive and utility supply C&E 5 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 5 * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 66 1627 962 2292 0.50 0.29 0.70
Construction F 57 794 375 1214 0.35 0.17 0.54
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H 60 887 487 1287 0.22 0.12 0.31
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 46 760 372 1148 0.24 0.12 0.36
  Hotels and restaurants H 14 * * * * * *
Transport, storage and communication I 39 755 361 1148 0.41 0.20 0.62
Finance and business J&K 32 262 137 388 0.063 0.033 0.093
  Financial intermediation J 11 * * * * * *
  Real estate, renting and business activities K 21 165 67 262 0.054 0.022 0.085
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 35 462 247 677 0.26 0.14 0.39
Education M 26 316 126 506 0.17 0.066 0.27
Health and social work N 72 1400 887 1913 0.53 0.33 0.72
Other community, social and personal service activities O 18 * * * * * *
Other P&Q 1 * * * * * *
  Private households with employed persons P 1 * * * * * *
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   418 6898 5742 8054 0.29 0.24 0.33
Other job caused illness#   83 1947 1117 2776 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   501 8845 7422 10268 0.37 0.31 0.43

Notes:

.. Not applicable

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

$ For people taking time off work.

+ Details of Standard Industrial Classification (1992)

# 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.

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 40 sample cases.

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