Health and Safety Executive

Table MSDOCC4SIG

Comparison of estimated 2001/02, 2003/04-2007/08 incidence 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 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 No No# No No No No
Professional occupations 2 Lower# No# No# No# No# No#
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 No No No No No No
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 No# No# No# No# No# No#
Skilled trades occupations 5 Higher No No No No No
Personal service occupations 6 No# Lower# * No# No# No#
Sales and customer service occupations 7 * * * * * *
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 No# No# No# No# No# No#
Elementary occupations 9 No No No No No No
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   .. Lower No No No 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 24.03.09