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Table MSDSIZE5 - 2007/08

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work and associated average days lost per (full-time equivalent) worker due to self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by workplace size

Number of people in workplace + Illness ascribed to the current or most recent job
Sample cases $ Days lost (thousands) Average days lost per worker
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 47 723 282 1163 0.28 0.11 0.45
               
1-24 employees 108 1658 1161 2154 0.23 0.16 0.30
25+ employees 260 4424 3491 5356 0.31 0.25 0.38
Missing 3 .. .. .. .. .. ..
               
1-49 employees 165 2680 2008 3351 0.27 0.20 0.33
50+ employees 203 3402 2586 4217 0.30 0.23 0.38
Missing 3 .. .. .. .. .. ..
               
All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job) 418 6898 5742 8054 0.29 0.24 0.33
Other job caused or made illness worse, workplace size unknown# 83 1947 1117 2776 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job) 501 8845 7422 10268 0.37 0.31 0.43

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.

$ For people taking time off work

# 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.


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Updated 13.05.09