Table WRIOCC2 - 2001/02

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

Occupation description +		Major, sub-major or minor group	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.
				central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Managers and senior officials		1	323	150	133	166	3880	3450	4300
Corporate managers		11	247	115	100	129	3790	3320	4270
	Corporate managers and senior officials	111	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Production managers	112	31	14	9	19	2490	1620	3370
	Functional managers	113	97	47	37	57	4100	3280	4920
	Quality and customer care managers	114	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Financial institution and office managers	115	40	18	12	24	5080	3520	6630
	Managers in distribution, storage and retailing	116	43	20	14	26	4020	2830	5200
	Protective service officers	117	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Health and social services managers	118	15	*	*	*	*	*	*
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services		12	76	35	27	43	4180	3250	5110
	Managers in farming, horticulture, forestry and fishing	121	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Managers and proprietors in hospitality and leisure services	122	26	12	7	17	3960	2440	5470
	Managers and proprietors in other services industries	123	40	18	13	24	3720	2570	4860
Professional occupations		2	336	156	139	174	4810	4280	5330
Science and technology professionals		21	65	32	24	40	3270	2460	4080
	Science professionals	211	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Engineering professionals	212	33	15	10	20	3490	2300	4670
	Information and communication technology professionals	213	29	15	9	21	3520	2200	4850
Health professionals		22	23	11	6	15	4130	2450	5810
Teaching and research professionals		23	180	81	69	94	6650	5690	7620
	Teaching professionals	231	175	79	67	91	6760	5760	7750
	Research professionals	232	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
Business and public service professionals		24	68	32	25	40	4080	3110	5050
	Legal professionals	241	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Business and statistical professionals	242	20	9	5	14	3110	1750	4470
	Architects, town planners, surveyors	243	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public service professionals	244	23	10	6	14	6480	3900	9050
	Librarians and related professionals	245	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
Associate professional and technical occupations		3	405	189	170	208	4930	4450	5400
Science and technology associate professionals		31	47	22	16	28	3830	2740	4920
	Science and engineering technicians	311	27	13	8	17	4360	2730	5990
	Draughtspersons and building inspectors	312	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	IT service delivery occupations	313	15	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health and social welfare associate professionals		32	140	63	52	74	6860	5740	7990
	Health associate professionals	321	112	50	40	59	8210	6720	9700
	Therapists	322	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Social welfare associate professionals	323	18	*	*	*	*	*	*
Protective service occupations		33	53	25	18	32	8120	6000	10200
Culture, media and sports occupations		34	45	22	15	28	3790	2670	4910
	Artistic and literary occupations	341	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Design associate professionals	342	15	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Media associate professionals	343	16	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Sports and fitness occupations	344	6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Business and public service associate professionals		35	120	57	46	67	3900	3210	4600
	Transport associate professionals	351	6	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Legal associate professionals	352	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Business and finance associate professionals	353	30	15	10	20	3280	2110	4460
	Sales and related associate professionals	354	35	16	11	22	3590	2410	4770
	Conservation associate professionals	355	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public service and other associate professionals	356	42	19	13	25	4610	3230	5990
Administrative and secretarial occupations		4	271	125	110	140	3240	2860	3630
Administrative occupations		41	211	98	84	111	3410	2950	3870
	Administrative occupations: government and related organisations	411	62	28	21	35	4990	3770	6210
	Administrative occupations: finance	412	56	26	19	33	2900	2140	3660
	Administrative occupations: records	413	48	22	16	29	3440	2460	4410
	Administrative occupations: communications	414	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Administrative occupations: general	415	40	19	13	25	2770	1910	3630
Secretarial and related occupations		42	60	27	20	35	2760	2070	3460
Skilled trades occupations		5	339	158	141	176	4820	4310	5330
Skilled agricultural trades		51	37	17	11	22	5860	4000	7710
Skilled metal and electrical trades		52	120	56	46	66	4090	3370	4810
	Metal forming, welding and related trades	521	21	10	5	14	5170	3000	7340
	Metal machining, fitting and instrument making trades	522	49	24	17	30	5450	3950	6950
	Vehicle trades	523	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Electrical trades	524	31	14	9	19	2890	1880	3910
Skilled construction and building trades		53	127	59	49	70	5810	4820	6800
	Construction trades	531	97	46	37	55	5780	4650	6910
	Building trades	532	30	14	9	19	5940	3860	8020
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades		54	55	26	19	34	4320	3160	5480
	Textiles and garments trades	541	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Printing trades	542	6	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Food preparation trades	543	32	15	10	21	4660	3000	6320
	Skilled trades n.e.c.	549	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
Personal service occupations		6	174	80	68	92	3910	3340	4490
Caring personal service occupations		61	138	63	53	74	4110	3430	4790
	Healthcare and related personal services	611	102	46	37	55	5210	4220	6210
	Childcare and related personal services	612	35	16	11	22	2710	1820	3610
	Animal care services	613	1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Leisure and other personal service occupations		62	36	17	11	22	3310	2240	4370
	Leisure and travel service occupations	621	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Hairdressers and related occupations	622	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Housekeeping occupations	623	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Personal services occupations n.e.c	629	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
Sales and customer service occupations		7	139	64	53	75	2710	2260	3170
Sales occupations		71	109	50	41	59	2490	2030	2960
	Sales assistants and retail cashiers	711	92	43	34	52	2440	1940	2940
	Sales related occupations	712	17	*	*	*	*	*	*
Customer service occupations		72	30	14	9	19	3990	2590	5400
Process, plant and machine operatives		8	222	103	89	117	4330	3770	4900
Process, plant and machine operatives		81	127	59	48	69	4480	3710	5250
	Process operatives	811	35	16	10	21	3710	2490	4930
	Plant and machine operatives	812	34	16	10	21	5930	3980	7870
	Assemblers and routine operatives	813	32	15	10	20	3110	2040	4180
	Construction operatives	814	26	13	8	18	8650	5440	11900
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives		82	95	44	35	53	4150	3330	4970
	Transport drivers and operatives	821	85	40	31	48	4430	3500	5350
	Mobile machine drivers and operatives	822	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
Elementary occupations		9	204	96	82	109	2620	2260	2970
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations		91	87	41	32	49	3700	2920	4470
	Elementary agricultural occupations	911	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary construction occupations	912	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary process plant occupations	913	20	9	5	13	2670	1500	3830
	Elementary goods storage occupations	914	41	19	13	25	4420	3080	5760
Elementary administration and service occupations		92	117	55	45	65	2150	1760	2540
	Elementary administration occupations	921	18	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary personal services occupations	922	37	17	12	23	1850	1250	2440
	Elementary cleaning occupations	923	40	19	13	25	2300	1590	3010
	Elementary security occupations	924	15	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary sales occupations	925	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
All occupations (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.

+ Details of Standard Occupational 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.

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

Definitions and data reliability

See Tables 3K and 3L 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.