Table MSDSIZE5 - 2003/04

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work and associated average days lost per worker due to self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by workplace size, 2004/05, 2003/04 and 2001/02

2004/05
2003/04
2001/02

Number of people in workplace +	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.
		central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Self employed on own or with partners but no employees	72	1469	831	2107	0.61	0.35	0.88

1-24	131	2316	1615	3017	0.33	0.23	0.43
25+	326	6001	4796	7206	0.45	0.36	0.54
Missing	1	..	..	..	..	..	..

1-49	200	3776	2869	4683	0.39	0.29	0.48
50+	257	4540	3481	5600	0.43	0.33	0.53
Missing	1	..	..	..	..	..	..
All persons	530	9792	8248	11337	0.43	0.36	0.49

Notes:

.. Not applicable
# For people taking time off work.
+ Relates to the number of people at their workplace, which is not necessarily the same as the number of people working for the company.
See section 2.9 and Appendix 3.2 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for more details on days lost calculations.
The estimates in this table take account of revisions made to the Great Britain population estimates following the 2001 Census.