Table MSDIND1

Estimated 2004/05 prevalence of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by work, by industry section, for people ever employed

Industry description +		Section	Illness ascribed to any job
			Sample cases	Estimated prevalence (thousands)
				Estimated prevalence (thousands)
				central	95% C.I.
				central	lower	upper
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing		A&B	53	26	19	34
	Agriculture, hunting and forestry	A	51	25	18	32
	Fishing	B	2	*	*	*
Extractive and utility supply		C&E	93	45	36	54
	Mining and quarrying	C	76	36	28	44
	Electricity, gas and water supply	E	17	*	*	*
Manufacturing		D	363	181	162	200
Construction		F	263	136	119	153
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods		G	220	113	98	128
Hotels and restaurants		H	52	28	20	36
Transport, storage and communication		I	167	84	71	96
Financial intermediation		J	34	18	12	25
Real estate, renting and business activities		K	100	53	42	64
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		L	133	64	53	75
Education		M	104	52	42	62
Health and social work		N	305	151	134	168
Other community, social and personal service activities		O	89	46	36	56
Other		P&Q	15	*	*	*
Private households with employed person		P	15	*	*	*
Workplace outside UK			1	*	*	*
Missing/unknown			14	..	..	..
All industries			2006	1012	967	1057

Notes:

Definitions and data reliability
.. Not applicable
* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.
+ See Appendix 5 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for details of Standard Industrial 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.