Table MSDSIZE2 - 2007/08

• 2007/08
• 2006/07
• 2005/06

Workplace size +	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
Small (less than 50 employees)~	396	226	203	248	1380	1240	1520
Medium (50-249 employees)	157	89	75	103	1470	1240	1700
Large (250+ employees)	193	109	93	124	1610	1380	1840
Missing/unknown	15	..	..	..	..	..	..
All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job)	761	432	401	464	1430	1330	1530
Other job caused illness, 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 are self employed on their own or with partners who have no employees.

# 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.

Individuals who gave the response 'Don't know but between 50 and 499' have been coded as missing/unknown.

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