Table MSDSIZE3 - 2007/08

• 2007/08
• 2006/07
• 2005/06

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	31	18	11	24	580	370	790
1-24 employees	73	42	32	52	430	330	530
25+ employees	180	103	88	119	600	510	690
Missing	1	..	..	..	..	..	..
1-49 employees	111	64	52	77	480	390	580
50+ employees	142	81	67	94	590	490	690
Missing	1	..	..	..	..	..	..
All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job)	285	164	144	183	540	480	600
Other job caused or made illness worse, workplace size unknown#	26	15	9	20	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)	311	178	158	198	590	520	660

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.

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases.

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