This bitmap integer indicates the current status of multiple possible section-layer statistical alarm conditions, where each bit position corresponds to a distinct alarm and the value is the sum of all currently-set bits, similar in structure to cwSonetSectionCurrentStatus but specifically for statistical (threshold-based) alarms rather than raw defects. An admin cares because this single value can represent several simultaneously-active statistical alarms (e.g., both an ES threshold breach and a CV threshold breach at once), and decoding the bit positions tells them exactly which thresholds are currently being exceeded. For example, a nonzero value here that decodes to just the ES-threshold bit set means only the errored-seconds threshold is currently breached, while CV and SES thresholds remain within bounds.