Table BACKOCC1
Estimated 2004/05 prevalence of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders mainly affecting the back caused or made worse by work, by occupational major group, for people ever employed
| Occupation description + | Major Group | Illness ascribed to any job | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample cases | Estimated prevalence (thousands) | ||||
| central | 95% C.I. | ||||
| lower | upper | ||||
| Managers and senior officials | 1 | 75 | 38 | 29 | 46 |
| Professional occupations | 2 | 48 | 24 | 17 | 31 |
| Associate professional and technical occupations | 3 | 129 | 68 | 56 | 80 |
| Administrative and secretarial occupations | 4 | 43 | 22 | 15 | 28 |
| Skilled trades occupations | 5 | 161 | 84 | 71 | 97 |
| Personal service occupations | 6 | 106 | 53 | 43 | 64 |
| Sales and customer service occupations | 7 | 35 | 19 | 12 | 25 |
| Process, plant and machine operatives | 8 | 131 | 65 | 54 | 77 |
| Elementary occupations | 9 | 147 | 75 | 63 | 88 |
| Missing/unknown | 7 | .. | .. | .. | |
| All occupations | 882 | 452 | 422 | 483 | |
Notes:
- Definitions and data reliability
- .. Not applicable
- + See Appendix 4 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for details of Standard Occupational Classification
- See section 2.7 and Appendix 3.2 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for more details on prevalence estimates.
- The estimates in this table take account of revisions made to the Great Britain population estimates following the 2001 Census.
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