Table WRIIND6 - 2001/02

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work and associated average days lost per (full-time equivalent) worker due to a self-reported illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by industry section.

Industry description +		Section	Illness ascribed to the current or most recent job
			Sample cases $	Days lost (thousands)			Average days lost per worker
				central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
				central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing		A&B	17	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Agriculture, hunting and forestry	A	17	*	*	*	*	*	*
Extractive and utility supply		C&E	29	897	427	1367	2.97	1.41	4.53
	Mining and quarrying	C	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Electricity, gas and water supply	E	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
Manufacturing		D	223	4795	3704	5886	1.20	0.93	1.47
Construction		F	131	2723	1900	3546	1.41	0.98	1.83
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods		G	170	1727	1286	2168	0.56	0.42	0.70
Hotels and restaurants		H	41	803	359	1247	1.02	0.45	1.58
Transport, storage and communication		I	123	2373	1661	3084	1.32	0.92	1.71
Financial intermediation		J	66	1095	585	1605	1.07	0.57	1.56
Real estate, renting and business activities		K	125	2098	1379	2818	0.76	0.50	1.02
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		L	131	3200	2306	4095	2.11	1.52	2.69
Education		M	171	2233	1626	2840	1.41	1.03	1.79
Health and social work		N	222	4161	3236	5086	1.83	1.42	2.23
Other community, social and personal service activities		O	54	557	239	876	0.50	0.21	0.78
Other		P&Q	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Private households with employed persons	P	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)			1506	27055	24607	29502	1.19	1.09	1.30
Other job caused or made illness worse#			298	4697	3729	5665	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)			1804	31752	29121	34383	1.40	1.29	1.52

Notes:

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 40 sample cases.

$ For people taking time off work.

+ 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.

Definitions and data reliability

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