Table MSDGOR1 - 2004/05

Estimated prevalence and rates (%) of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by work, by country and government office region within England, for people ever employed, 2004/05, 2003/04 and 2001/02

2004/05
2003/04
2001/02

Country	Government office region	Sample cases	Estimated prevalence (thousands)			Rate per 100 ever employed
			central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
			central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
England		1685	857	815	899	2.3	2.2	2.4
	North East	129	59	48	70	3.1	2.6	3.7
	North West	221	117	101	133	2.3	2.0	2.6
	Yorkshire and the Humber	208	97	84	111	2.6	2.3	3.0
	East Midlands	158	86	72	99	2.7	2.3	3.1
	West Midlands	196	102	87	117	2.6	2.2	3.0
	East	157	77	64	89	1.8	1.5	2.1
	London	141	89	74	105	1.8	1.5	2.1
	South East	281	138	121	154	2.2	2.0	2.5
	South West	194	93	79	107	2.4	2.1	2.8
Wales		138	67	55	78	3.0	2.5	3.5
Scotland		183	88	75	101	2.3	1.9	2.6
Great Britain		2006	1012	967	1057	2.4	2.2	2.5

Notes:

Definitions and data reliability
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 and rates.
The estimates in this table take account of revisions made to the Great Britain population estimates following the 2001 Census.