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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.
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.

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Updated 12.05.08