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Table WRIIND4 - 2001/02

Estimated incidence 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 incidence (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 19 * * * * * *
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 19 * * * * * *
Extractive and utility supply C&E 19 * * * * * *
  Mining and quarrying C 8 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 11 * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 156 74 62 85 1610 1360 1870
Construction F 78 36 28 44 1750 1360 2140
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 132 60 50 71 1390 1150 1630
Hotels and restaurants H 40 19 13 25 1470 1010 1920
Transport, storage and communication I 95 46 36 55 2300 1840 2760
Financial intermediation J 68 32 24 40 2510 1910 3120
Real estate, renting and business activities K 105 51 41 61 1520 1220 1810
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 124 57 47 68 3170 2600 3730
Education M 137 63 52 73 2710 2250 3160
Health and social work N 157 72 61 84 2280 1930 2640
Other community, social and personal service activities O 57 27 20 35 1790 1320 2270
Other P&Q 1 * * * * * *
  Private households with employed persons P 1 * * * * * *
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   1188 554 522 586 1940 1830 2060
Other job caused or made illness worse#   147 70 58 81 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   1335 624 589 658 2190 2070 2310

Notes:

.. Not applicable

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

+ 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 3Q and 3R 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.