Table MSDSIZE6 - 2007/08

• 2007/08
• 2006/07
• 2005/06

Workplace size +	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
Small (less than 50 employees)~	212	3402	2599	4206	0.27	0.21	0.33
Medium (50-249 employees)	77	1350	837	1863	0.28	0.17	0.38
Large (250+ employees)	119	1944	1323	2566	0.34	0.23	0.45
Missing/unknown	10	..	..	..	..	..	..
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

~ 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.

$ 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.

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

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