Table MSDOCC3

Estimated 2004/05 incidence of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders 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 incidence (thousands)
			Estimated incidence (thousands)
			central	95% C.I.
			central	lower	upper
Managers and senior officials	1	38	18	12	24
Professional occupations	2	28	15	9	20
Associate professional and technical occupations	3	59	32	24	41
Administrative and secretarial occupations	4	35	18	12	23
Skilled trades occupations	5	66	34	26	43
Personal service occupations	6	42	21	14	27
Sales and customer service occupations	7	29	14	9	20
Process, plant and machine operatives	8	44	24	17	32
Elementary occupations	9	52	27	20	35
Missing/unknown		4	..	..	..
All occupations		397	206	185	227

Notes:

Definitions and data reliability
.. Not applicable
Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases
+ See Appendix 4 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for details of Standard Occupational Classification
See section 2.8 and Appendix 3.2 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for more details on incidence estimates.
The estimates in this table take account of revisions made to the Great Britain population estimates following the 2001 Census.