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Table WRISIZE5 - 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 workplace size.

Number of people in workplace + 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.
lower upper lower upper
Illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job              
Self employed on own or with partners but no employees 109 1732 1153 2312 0.80 0.53 1.07
               
1-24 employees 377 6610 5382 7839 0.97 0.79 1.15
25+ employees 1014 18672 16634 20711 1.38 1.23 1.53
Missing 6 .. .. .. .. .. ..
               
1-49 employees 557 9493 8046 10939 1.01 0.86 1.17
50+ employees 785 14563 12769 16357 1.41 1.24 1.59
Missing 55 .. .. .. .. .. ..
               
All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job) 1506 27055 24607 29502 1.19 1.09 1.30
Other job caused illness, workplace size unknown# 298 4697 3729 5665 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job) 1804 31752 29121 34383 1.40 1.29 1.52

Notes:

.. Not applicable

+ Relates to the number of people at their workplace, which is not necessarily the same as the number of people working for the company.

$ For people taking time off work.

# 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.

Missing values differ between the two parts of the table giving 2001/02 estimates and rates because for 1-49 and 50+, individuals who gave the response 'Don't know but over 24 and under 500' have been coded as missing/unknown.

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