Table MSDOCC5

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work in 2004/05 due to self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by work, by occupational major group

Occupation description +	Major group	Illness ascribed to any job
		Sample cases #	Days lost (thousands)
			central	95% C.I.
			central	lower	upper
Managers and senior officials	1	47	861	425	1296
Professional occupations	2	29	*120*	53	186
Associate professional and technical occupations	3	97	2070	1229	2912
Administrative and secretarial occupations	4	41	836	325	1347
Skilled trades occupations	5	114	2338	1585	3092
Personal service occupations	6	80	1181	647	1715
Sales and customer service occupations	7	37	*705*	251	1158
Process, plant and machine operatives	8	79	1997	1115	2879
Elementary occupations	9	78	1384	827	1940
Missing/unknown		5	..	..	..
All occupations		607	11602	9761	13444

Notes:

Definitions and data reliability
.. Not applicable
Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 40 sample cases
# For people taking time off work
+ See Appendix 4 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for details of Standard Occupational Classification
See section 2.9 and Appendix 3.2 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for more details on days lost calculations.
The estimates in this table take account of revisions made to the Great Britain population estimates following the 2001 Census.