Table THORM05

Work-related spine/back disorders: estimated number of cases reported by rheumatologists to MOSS and by occupational physicians to OPRA and estimated rates per 100 000 workers per year, by occupation 2005-2007

Occupation(a)			Rheumatologists (MOSS)(p)		Occupational physicians (OPRA)(b)(p)
	SOC2000		Annual average estimated cases(c) 2005-2007	Rate per 100 000 workers per year(d)	Annual average estimated cases(c) 2005-2007	Rate per 100 000 workers per year(d)
	Major group	Unit group	Annual average estimated cases(c) 2005-2007	Rate per 100 000 workers per year(d)	Annual average estimated cases(c) 2005-2007	Rate per 100 000 workers per year(d)
Managers and Senior Officials	1		9	-	42	1
Professional Occupations	2		12	-	16	-
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	3		52	1	320	8
Nurses		3211	13	3	100	20
Paramedics		3213	4	20	23	114
NCOs and other ranks		3311	-	-	41	73
Police officers (sergeant and below)		3312	4	3	56	35
Prison service officers (below principal officer)		3314	-	-	11	27
Adminstrative and Secretarial Occupations	4		50	1	76	2
Local government clerical officers and assistants		4113	-	-	10	5
General office assistants/clerks		4150	16	2	10	2
Skilled Trades Occupations	5		52	2	74	2
Motor mechanics, auto engineers		5231	9	5	9	5
Personal Service Occupations	6		12	1	185	8
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants		6111	-	-	72	35
Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics)		6112	-	-	31	176
Care assistants and home carers		6115	5	1	43	7
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	7		11	1	37	2
Sales and retail assistants		7111	5	-	24	2
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	8		45	2	149	7
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives		8111	4	3	17	12
Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods)		8132	6	12	1	2
Road construction operatives		8142	4	16	16	61
Heavy goods vehicle drivers		8211	4	1	27	9
Elementary Occupations	9		48	2	166	5
Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers		9134	8	6	18	14
Other goods handling and storage occupations n.e.c.		9149	5	1	41	11
Postal workers, mail sorters, messengers, couriers		9211	8	4	7	4
Cleaners, domestics		9233	5	1	15	3
All occupations			379	1	1072	4

Notes:

(a) All SOC2000 Major Groups are shown, as are SOC2000 Unit Groups with 10 or more actual cases reported to either MOSS or OPRA over the period 2002-2004. Figures are shown in light type if they are based on fewer than 10 actual cases.
(b) Comparisons of rates based on OPRA reports are likely to be misleading because workers in some occupations are much more likely to have access to occupational physicians than those in others.
(c) Some physicians report on a sample basis, for one month in each year. Estimated totals for these are calculated by multiplying the actual number of cases reported by 12.
(d) The rates have been calculated using the average of the Office for National Statistics Annual Population Survey (APS) denominators for the years 2005-2007.
nec Not elsewhere classified.
"-" can mean either zero or rounds to zero.
(p) Provisional.