Health and Safety
Executive / Commission
Statistics
Estimated prevalence and rates (%) of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders mainly affecting the back caused or made worse by work, by age and gender, for people ever employed, 2004/05, 2003/04 and 2001/02.
| Gender | Age group | Sample cases | Estimated prevalence (thousands) | Rate per 100 ever employed | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | 95% C.I. | central | 95% C.I. | |||||
| lower | upper | lower | upper | |||||
| Males | 16 - 34 | 106 | 55 | 45 | 66 | 0.91 | 0.74 | 1.1 |
| 35 - 44 | 152 | 70 | 59 | 81 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.9 | |
| 45 - 54 | 130 | 61 | 50 | 71 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.9 | |
| 55 - 64 | 132 | 60 | 50 | 71 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.3 | |
| 65+ | 92 | 39 | 31 | 47 | 1.0 | 0.83 | 1.3 | |
| Total | 612 | 285 | 263 | 308 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | |
| Females | 16 - 34 | 88 | 42 | 33 | 51 | 0.68 | 0.54 | 0.83 |
| 35 - 44 | 103 | 45 | 37 | 54 | 1.1 | 0.86 | 1.3 | |
| 45 - 54 | 129 | 56 | 47 | 66 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 | |
| 55 - 59 | 62 | 28 | 21 | 35 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.1 | |
| 60+ | 117 | 50 | 41 | 59 | 0.80 | 0.66 | 0.95 | |
| Total | 499 | 222 | 202 | 242 | 1.0 | 0.92 | 1.1 | |
| All persons | 16 - 34 | 194 | 98 | 84 | 112 | 0.80 | 0.68 | 0.91 |
| 35 - 44 | 255 | 115 | 101 | 130 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.5 | |
| 45 - 54 | 259 | 117 | 103 | 131 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | |
| 55 - 59/64 | 194 | 88 | 76 | 101 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.1 | |
| 60/65+ | 209 | 89 | 76 | 101 | 0.89 | 0.77 | 1.0 | |
| Total | 1111 | 507 | 477 | 538 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | |