Table ULNOCC1 - 2004/05

Estimated 2004/05 prevalence of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders mainly affecting the upper limbs or neck caused or made worse by work, by occupational major group, for people ever employed

Occupation description +	Major Group	Illness ascribed to any job
		Sample cases	Estimated prevalence (thousands)
			Estimated prevalence (thousands)
			central	95% C.I.
			central	lower	upper
Managers and senior officials	1	59	30	22	38
Professional occupations	2	39	20	14	26
Associate professional and technical occupations	3	91	46	37	56
Administrative and secretarial occupations	4	69	34	26	43
Skilled trades occupations	5	135	68	56	79
Personal service occupations	6	66	33	25	41
Sales and customer service occupations	7	43	21	15	28
Process, plant and machine operatives	8	151	76	63	88
Elementary occupations	9	88	43	34	52
Missing/unknown		7	..	..	..
All occupations		748	375	347	402

Notes:

Definitions and data reliability
.. Not applicable
+ See Appendix 4 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for details of Standard Occupational Classification
See section 2.7 and Appendix 3.2 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for more details on prevalence estimates.
The estimates in this table take account of revisions made to the Great Britain population estimates following the 2001 Census.