Table MSDOCC4 - 2004/05

Estimated incidence and rates (%) of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by occupational major group, for people working in the last 12 months, 2004/05, 2003/04 and 2001/02

2004/05
2003/04
2001/02

Occupation description +	Major group	Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
		Sample cases	Estimated incidence (thousands)			Rate per 100 employed in the last 12 months
			central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
			central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Managers and senior officials	1	31	15	10	20	0.35	0.23	0.48
Professional occupations	2	24	13	7	18	*0.35*	0.21	0.49
Associate professional and technical occupations	3	54	30	22	38	0.75	0.55	0.95
Administrative and secretarial occupations	4	29	15	9	20	*0.39*	0.25	0.54
Skilled trades occupations	5	52	28	20	35	0.85	0.61	1.1
Personal service occupations	6	32	16	10	22	0.71	0.46	0.96
Sales and customer service occupations	7	24	12	7	17	*0.50*	0.29	0.71
Process, plant and machine operatives	8	35	19	13	26	0.91	0.60	1.2
Elementary occupations	9	39	20	14	27	0.58	0.39	0.77
All occupations		320	167	148	186	0.58	0.51	0.64

Notes:

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