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Table MSDOCC2SIG

Comparison of estimated 2001/02, 2003/04-2007/08 prevalence rates of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by the current or most recent job, by occupation, for people working in the last 12 months

Occupation description Major or sub-major group Whether rates statistically significantly higher/lower than average across all occupations Whether 2007/08 rates statistically significantly higher/lower than
2007/08 2006/07 2005/06 2004/05 2003/04 2001/02
Managers and senior officials 1 Lower No No No No No
Corporate managers 11 Lower No No No No No
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services 12 No# No# No# * No# No#
Professional occupations 2 Lower Lower No No Lower Lower
Science and technology professionals 21 * * * * * *
Health professionals 22 * * * * * *
Teaching and research professionals 23 * * * * * *
Business and public service professionals 24 * * * * * *
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 Higher No No No No No
Science and technology associate professionals 31 * * * * * *
Health and social welfare associate professionals 32 Higher Lower No Lower No Lower
Protective service occupations 33 * * * * * *
Culture, media and sports occupations 34 * * * * * *
Business and public service associate professionals 35 No No * No No No
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 Lower No No No No No
Administrative occupations 41 Lower No No No No No
Secretarial and related occupations 42 * * * * * *
Skilled trades occupations 5 Higher No No No Lower No
Skilled agricultural trades 51 * * * * * *
Skilled metal and electrical trades 52 Higher No No No No No
Skilled construction and building trades 53 Higher No No No Lower Lower
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades 54 * * * * * *
Personal service occupations 6 No Lower Higher No No No
Caring personal service occupations 61 No Lower No No No No
Leisure and other personal service occupations 62 No# No# * * * *
Sales and customer service occupations 7 Lower No No No No No
Sales occupations 71 Lower No No No No Lower
Customer service occupations 72 * * * * * *
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 Higher No No No No No
Process, plant and machine operatives 81 Higher No No No No No
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 82 No No No No No No
Elementary occupations 9 No No No No No No
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations 91 No No No No No No
Elementary administration and service occupations 92 No No No No No No
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   .. Lower No No Lower Lower

Notes:

.. Not applicable

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates

# Rate based on fewer than 30 sample cases

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Updated 15.09.09