Health and Safety Executive

Table MSDSIZE4 - 2004/05

Estimated incidence 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

Workplace size + 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
Small (less than 50 employees) # 149 77 65 90 0.50 0.41 0.58
Medium (50-249 employees) 88 45 35 54 0.76 0.60 0.92
Large (250+ employees) 74 40 30 49 0.62 0.48 0.77
Missing/unknown 9 .. .. .. .. .. ..
All persons 320 167 148 186 0.58 0.51 0.64

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 2.8 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.

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