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 | 84 | 49 | 39 | 60 | 0.83 | 0.65 | 1.0 |
| 35 - 44 | 121 | 61 | 50 | 72 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.7 | |
| 45 - 54 | 115 | 57 | 47 | 68 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | |
| 55 - 64 | 116 | 58 | 47 | 68 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.1 | |
| 65+ | 82 | 38 | 30 | 47 | 1.0 | 0.79 | 1.2 | |
| Total | 518 | 263 | 240 | 286 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | |
| Females | 16 - 34 | 64 | 35 | 26 | 44 | 0.58 | 0.44 | 0.73 |
| 35 - 44 | 73 | 35 | 27 | 43 | 0.81 | 0.62 | 0.99 | |
| 45 - 54 | 102 | 50 | 40 | 59 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.6 | |
| 55 - 59 | 61 | 30 | 22 | 37 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.0 | |
| 60+ | 119 | 56 | 46 | 66 | 0.89 | 0.73 | 1.1 | |
| Total | 419 | 205 | 185 | 225 | 0.93 | 0.84 | 1.0 | |
| All persons | 16 - 34 | 148 | 84 | 71 | 98 | 0.71 | 0.59 | 0.82 |
| 35 - 44 | 194 | 96 | 82 | 109 | 1.1 | 0.96 | 1.3 | |
| 45 - 54 | 217 | 107 | 93 | 121 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.7 | |
| 55 - 59/64 | 177 | 87 | 74 | 100 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.0 | |
| 60/65+ | 201 | 94 | 81 | 108 | 0.94 | 0.80 | 1.1 | |
| Total | 937 | 468 | 437 | 499 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | |