Table MSDSIZE1 - 2007/08
Estimated prevalence and rates of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by workplace size, for people working in the last 12 months
| Number of people in workplace + | Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample cases | 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 | |||||||
| Self employed on own or with partners but no employees | 96 | 54 | 43 | 65 | 1770 | 1420 | 2130 |
| 1-24 employees | 201 | 115 | 99 | 131 | 1190 | 1030 | 1360 |
| 25+ employees | 460 | 261 | 236 | 285 | 1510 | 1370 | 1650 |
| Missing | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1-49 employees | 300 | 171 | 152 | 191 | 1290 | 1140 | 1430 |
| 50+ employees | 361 | 204 | 183 | 226 | 1500 | 1340 | 1660 |
| Missing | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job) | 761 | 432 | 401 | 464 | 1430 | 1330 | 1530 |
| Other job caused or made illness worse, workplace size unknown# | 189 | 107 | 92 | 122 | .. | .. | .. |
| Total (illness ascribed to any job) | 950 | 539 | 504 | 574 | 1780 | 1670 | 1900 |
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 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.

