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Table WRIIND2 - 2001/02

Estimated prevalence and rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by industry section, for people working in the last 12 months.

Industry description + Section Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
Sample cases Estimated prevalence (thousands) Rate per 100 000 employed in the last 12 months
central 95% C.I. central 95% C.I.
lower upper lower upper
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing A&B 49 22 16 29 5850 4230 7480
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 49 22 16 29 6100 4410 7790
Extractive and utility supply C&E 35 16 11 21 5020 3380 6660
  Mining and quarrying C 13 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 22 10 6 15 4880 2870 6900
Manufacturing D 369 172 154 190 3770 3390 4160
Construction F 197 92 79 105 4490 3870 5110
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 254 117 102 132 2690 2360 3030
Hotels and restaurants H 66 31 23 39 2400 1820 2970
Transport, storage and communication I 183 86 73 98 4320 3700 4940
Financial intermediation J 107 50 41 60 3980 3220 4730
Real estate, renting and business activities K 214 104 89 118 3110 2690 3540
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 225 104 90 118 5750 4990 6500
Education M 263 120 105 135 5200 4570 5830
Health and social work N 337 152 136 169 4820 4310 5330
Other community, social and personal service activities O 110 51 42 61 3360 2720 3990
Other P&Q 4 * * * * * *
  Private households with employed persons P 4 * * * * * *
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   2413 1120 1074 1166 3930 3770 4090
Other job caused or made illness worse#   588 271 249 293 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   3001 1391 1340 1443 4880 4700 5060

Notes:

.. Not applicable.

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

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

+ Details of Standard Industrial Classification (1992).

# 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.

See Tables 3M and 3N in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for tests of statistical significance.

The estimates in this table take account of revisions made to the Great Britain population estimates following the 2001 Census.

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