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Table MSDOCC6 - 2007/08

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work and associated average days lost per (full-time equivalent) worker due to self-reported musculoskeletal disorders caused or made worse by the current or most recent job, by occupational major group

Occupation description + Major group Illness ascribed to their current/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
Managers and senior officials 1 33 375 163 587 0.087 0.038 0.14
Professional occupations 2 21 175 59 292 0.053 0.018 0.089
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 73 1108 681 1536 0.30 0.19 0.42
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 26 306 147 466 0.13 0.061 0.19
Skilled trades occupations 5 87 1518 899 2138 0.49 0.29 0.69
Personal service occupations 6 45 895 487 1303 0.55 0.30 0.80
Sales and customer service occupations 7 20 199 67 330 0.15 0.049 0.24
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 53 1122 627 1618 0.57 0.32 0.82
Elementary occupations 9 60 1199 692 1706 0.51 0.30 0.73
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   418 6898 5742 8054 0.29 0.24 0.33
Other job caused illness#   83 1947 1117 2776 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   501 8845 7422 10268 0.37 0.31 0.43

Notes:

.. Not applicable

$ For people taking time off work.

+ 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 40 sample cases.

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