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Table BACKOCC2_3YR

Estimated prevalence and rates of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders mainly affecting the back caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by occupation, for people working in the last 12 months, averaged 2003/04-2005/06.
Occupation description + Major, sub-major or minor group^ Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
Sample cases Averaged estimated prevalence (thousands) Averaged rate per 100 000 employed in the last 12 months
central 95% C.I. central 95% C.I.
lower upper lower upper
Managers and senior officials 1 117 20 16 24 480 390 570
Corporate managers 11 89 15 12 19 450 360 550
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services 12 28 5 3 7 570 350 780
Professional occupations 2 100 17 14 21 480 380 580
Science and technology professionals 21 21 4 2 5 370 200 540
Health professionals 22 14 * * * * * *
Teaching and research professionals 23 38 6 4 8 420 290 550
  Teaching professionals 231 33 5 3 7 390 260 520
  Research professionals 232 5 * * * * * *
Business and public service professionals 24 27 5 3 7 580 360 810
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 184 33 28 38 810 690 930
Science and technology associate professionals 31 14 * * * * * *
Health and social welfare associate professionals 32 98 17 14 21 1600 1280 1930
Protective service occupations 33 16 * * * * * *
Culture, media and sports occupations 34 21 4 2 6 640 350 930
Business and public service associate professionals 35 35 6 4 8 410 270 550
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 63 11 8 13 290 220 370
Administrative occupations 41 47 8 6 10 290 210 370
Secretarial and related occupations 42 16 * * * * * *
Skilled trades occupations 5 236 42 37 48 1310 1140 1490
Skilled agricultural trades 51 34 6 4 8 1980 1310 2660
Skilled metal and electrical trades 52 65 11 9 14 930 700 1160
Skilled construction and building trades 53 103 19 15 22 1660 1330 1980
  Construction trades 531 82 15 12 18 1720 1340 2100
  Building trades 532 21 4 2 5 1440 820 2060
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades 54 34 6 4 9 1120 710 1530
Personal service occupations 6 101 17 14 21 760 600 910
Caring personal service occupations 61 89 15 12 18 870 680 1060
  Healthcare and related personal services 611 59 10 7 13 1070 790 1350
  Childcare and related personal services 612 27 4 3 6 590 350 820
  Animal care services 613 3 * * * * * *
Leisure and other personal service occupations 62 12 * * * * * *
Sales and customer service occupations 7 54 9 7 12 390 280 490
Sales occupations 71 40 7 5 9 350 240 460
  Sales assistants and retail cashiers 711 35 6 4 8 340 220 450
  Sales related occupations 712 5 * * * * * *
Customer service occupations 72 14 * * * * * *
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 124 21 18 25 990 820 1170
Process, plant and machine operatives 81 54 9 7 12 850 620 1080
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 82 70 12 9 15 1140 870 1400
  Transport drivers and operatives 821 63 11 8 14 1200 900 1510
  Mobile machine drivers and operatives 822 7 * * * * * *
Elementary occupations 9 133 24 20 28 680 560 800
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations 91 53 9 7 12 920 660 1170
Elementary administration and service occupations 92 80 15 11 18 590 450 720
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   1112 195 183 207 670 630 710
Other job caused illness#   333 59 52 65 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   1445 254 240 267 870 830 920

Notes:

..  Not applicable

*  Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

+ See Appendix 4 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for details of Standard Occupational Classification.

# Includes those who did not answer the question identifying the job to which their illness was ascribed and those who said their illness was ascribed to a job other than their current or most recent in the last 12 months.

^Within occupation major groups, some sub-major and minor group information has been provided where some of the categories have sufficiently large sample cases to provide reliable estimates.

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases.