Table MSDSIZE4 - 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)~	142	82	69	96	500	420	590
Medium (50-249 employees)	57	32	24	40	530	390	670
Large (250+ employees)	80	46	36	56	680	530	820
Missing/unknown	5	..	..	..	..	..	..
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

~ Includes those who are self employed on their own or with partners who have no employees.

+ 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.

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

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