Table MSDOCC4 - 2001/02

Estimated incidence and rates (%) of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by occupational major group, for people working in the last 12 months, 2004/05, 2003/04 and 2001/02

2004/05
2003/04
2001/02

Occupation description +	Major group	Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
		Sample cases	Estimated incidence (thousands)			Rate per 100 employed in the last 12 months
			central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
			central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Managers and senior officials	1	36	17	11	22	0.43	0.29	0.57
Professional occupations	2	40	19	13	24	0.57	0.39	0.75
Associate professional and technical occupations	3	60	29	22	36	0.76	0.56	0.95
Administrative and secretarial occupations	4	36	16	11	22	0.43	0.28	0.57
Skilled trades occupations	5	65	31	23	39	0.94	0.71	1.2
Personal service occupations	6	36	17	11	22	0.82	0.55	1.1
Sales and customer service occupations	7	39	18	12	24	0.77	0.52	1.0
Process, plant and machine operatives	8	44	21	15	27	0.88	0.62	1.1
Elementary occupations	9	54	26	19	33	0.70	0.52	0.89
All occupations		410	193	174	212	0.68	0.61	0.74

Notes:

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases
+ See Appendix 4 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for details of Standard Occupational Classification
See section 2.8 and Appendix 3.2 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for more details on incidence estimates and rates.
The estimates in this table take account of revisions made to the Great Britain population estimates following the 2001 Census.