Table MSDOCC6 - 2004/05

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work and associated average days lost per worker due to self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by the current or most recent job, by occupational major group, 2004/05, 2003/04 and 2001/02

2004/05
2003/04
2001/02

Occupation description +	Major group	Illness ascribed to the current or most recent job
		Sample cases #	Days lost (thousands)			Average days lost per worker
			central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
			central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Managers and senior officials	1	40	765	346	1185	0.19	0.086	0.29
Professional occupations	2	24	81	32	131	*0.027*	0.010	0.043
Associate professional and technical occupations	3	82	1713	1001	2424	0.51	0.30	0.73
Administrative and secretarial occupations	4	35	*800*	291	1309	*0.31*	0.11	0.50
Skilled trades occupations	5	92	1906	1216	2595	0.62	0.40	0.84
Personal service occupations	6	68	1067	542	1592	0.70	0.36	1.0
Sales and customer service occupations	7	31	*626*	182	1070	*0.46*	0.13	0.78
Process, plant and machine operatives	8	62	1552	747	2357	0.80	0.39	1.2
Elementary occupations	9	63	1116	616	1616	0.51	0.28	0.73
All occupations		497	9626	7943	11309	0.42	0.34	0.49

Notes:

Definitions and data reliability
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.