Health and Safety
Executive / Commission
Statistics
Estimated prevalence and rates (%) of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders mainly affecting the back caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by workplace size, for people working in the last 12 months, 2004/05, 2003/04 and 2001/02
| Number of people in workplace + | Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample cases | Estimated prevalence (thousands) | Rate per 100 employed in the last 12 months | |||||
| central | 95% C.I. | central | 95% C.I. | ||||
| lower | upper | lower | upper | ||||
| Self employed on own or with partners but no employees | 50 | 27 | 20 | 35 | 0.99 | 0.71 | 1.3 |
| 1-24 employees | 99 | 51 | 41 | 61 | 0.55 | 0.44 | 0.66 |
| 25+ employees | 238 | 126 | 110 | 143 | 0.75 | 0.65 | 0.85 |
| Missing | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1-49 employees | 144 | 75 | 63 | 87 | 0.58 | 0.49 | 0.68 |
| 50+ employees | 193 | 102 | 87 | 117 | 0.77 | 0.66 | 0.88 |
| Missing | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| All persons | 388 | 205 | 184 | 226 | 0.70 | 0.63 | 0.78 |