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Table MSDOCC4 - 2007/08

Estimated incidence and rates of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by occupational major group, for people working in the last 12 months

Occupation description + Major group Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
Sample cases Estimated incidence (thousands) 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 35 20 13 26 430 290 580
Professional occupations 2 26 15 9 21 390 240 550
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 51 29 21 37 660 480 840
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 24 14 8 19 400 240 560
Skilled trades occupations 5 46 26 19 34 800 570 1040
Personal service occupations 6 24 14 8 19 570 340 800
Sales and customer service occupations 7 13 * * * * * *
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 26 15 9 21 700 430 970
Elementary occupations 9 40 23 16 30 620 430 820
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   285 164 144 183 540 480 600
Other job caused illness#   26 15 9 20 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   311 178 158 198 590 520 660

Notes:

.. Not applicable

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

+ Details of Standard Occupational Classification (2000)

# 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.

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


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