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Table STROCC6 - 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 the current or most recent job, by occupational major group

Occupation description + Major group Illness ascribed to their current/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
Managers and senior officials 1 56 1909 1105 2713 0.44 0.26 0.63
Professional occupations 2 80 2028 1315 2741 0.62 0.40 0.83
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 92 2286 1499 3073 0.63 0.41 0.85
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 58 1909 1201 2617 0.79 0.50 1.08
Skilled trades occupations 5 16 * * * * * *
Personal service occupations 6 36 983 507 1459 0.60 0.31 0.89
Sales and customer service occupations 7 24 460 137 784 0.34 0.10 0.57
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 16 * * * * * *
Elementary occupations 9 20 705 290 1120 0.30 0.12 0.48
Missing   1 .. .. .. .. .. ..
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   399 11450 9667 13234 0.48 0.40 0.55
Other job caused illness#   85 2096 1405 2788 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   484 13547 11635 15458 0.56 0.48 0.64

Notes:

.. Not applicable

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

$ For people taking time off work.

+ Details of Standard Occupational Classification (2000)

# 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 40 sample cases.

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