Health and Safety
Executive / Commission
Statistics
Estimated prevalence and rates (%) of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders mainly affecting the upper limbs or neck 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 prevalence (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 | 33 | 18 | 11 | 24 | 0.64 | 0.42 | 0.86 |
| 1-24 employees | 104 | 54 | 44 | 65 | 0.59 | 0.47 | 0.70 |
| 25+ employees | 195 | 101 | 86 | 115 | 0.60 | 0.51 | 0.68 |
| Missing | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 1-49 employees | 141 | 74 | 61 | 86 | 0.57 | 0.48 | 0.67 |
| 50+ employees | 158 | 81 | 68 | 94 | 0.61 | 0.52 | 0.71 |
| Missing | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| All persons | 334 | 173 | 154 | 192 | 0.60 | 0.53 | 0.66 |