Table MSDSIZE2 - 2004/05
Estimated prevalence and rates (%) of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by current or most recent job, for small, medium and large workplaces, for people working in the last 12 months, 2004/05 and 2003/04
- 2004/05
- 2003/04
| Workplace size + | Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample cases | Estimated prevalence (thousands) | Rate per 100 employed in the last 12 months | |||||
| central | 95% C.I. | central | 95% C.I. | ||||
| lower | upper | lower | upper | ||||
| Small (less than 50 employees) # | 438 | 230 | 208 | 252 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Medium (50-249 employees) | 193 | 98 | 84 | 112 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| Large (250+ employees) | 198 | 104 | 89 | 119 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| Missing/unknown | 26 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| All persons | 855 | 447 | 416 | 477 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
Notes:
- Definitions and data reliability
- .. Not applicable
- # Includes those who are self employed on their own or with partners who have no employees
- + Relates to the number of people at their workplace, which is not necessarily the same as the number of people working for the company.
- Individuals who gave the response 'Don't know but between 50 and 499' have been coded as missing/unknown.
- See section 2.7 and Appendix 3.2 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for more details on prevalence estimates and rates.
- The estimates in this table take account of revisions made to the Great Britain population estimates following the 2001 Census.
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