Table MSDSIZE3 - 2004/05
Estimated incidence and rates (%) of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by workplace size, for people working in the last 12 months, 2004/05, 2003/04 and 2001/02
| Number of people in workplace + | 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. | ||||
| lower | upper | lower | upper | ||||
| Self employed on own or with partners but no employees | 28 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 0.52 | 0.32 | 0.71 |
| 1-24 | 80 | 41 | 32 | 51 | 0.45 | 0.34 | 0.55 |
| 25+ | 211 | 111 | 96 | 127 | 0.66 | 0.57 | 0.75 |
| Missing | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1-49 | 121 | 63 | 51 | 75 | 0.49 | 0.40 | 0.58 |
| 50+ | 170 | 90 | 76 | 103 | 0.68 | 0.57 | 0.78 |
| Missing | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | * |
| All persons | 320 | 167 | 148 | 186 | 0.58 | 0.51 | 0.64 |
Notes:
- Definitions and data reliability
- .. Not applicable
- Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases
- + Relates to the number of people at their workplace, which is not necessarily the same as the number of people working for the company.
- 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.

