Table MSDSIZE5 - 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 current or most recent job, by workplace size, 2004/05, 2003/04 and 2001/02
| Number of people in workplace + | 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. | ||||
| lower | upper | lower | upper | ||||
| Self employed on own or with partners but no employees | 58 | 1224 | 557 | 1890 | 0.51 | 0.23 | 0.79 |
| 1-24 | 117 | 1958 | 1211 | 2706 | 0.28 | 0.17 | 0.39 |
| 25+ | 320 | 6439 | 5103 | 7775 | 0.47 | 0.38 | 0.57 |
| Missing | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1-49 | 180 | 3112 | 2157 | 4068 | 0.32 | 0.22 | 0.42 |
| 50+ | 257 | 5285 | 4089 | 6481 | 0.49 | 0.38 | 0.60 |
| Missing | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| All persons | 497 | 9626 | 7943 | 11309 | 0.42 | 0.34 | 0.49 |
Notes:
- Definitions and data reliability
- .. Not applicable
- # For people taking time off work.
- + 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 2.9 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.

