Table WDLIND - 2003/04

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work and associated average days lost per (full-time equivalent) worker due to self-reported work-related illness or workplace injuries attributed to the current or most recent job, by industry.

Days lost due to illness or injuries	Industry description +		Section	Illness or injury 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
Illnesses	Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing		A&B	16	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Agriculture, hunting and forestry	A	16	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Extractive and utility supply		C&E	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Mining and quarrying	C	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Electricity, gas and water supply	E	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Manufacturing		D	168	3201	2322	4080	0.91	0.66	1.17
	Construction		F	117	2941	2003	3879	1.43	0.98	1.89
	Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants		G&H	181	3312	2415	4209	0.79	0.57	1.0
		Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods	G	132	2342	1626	3058	0.70	0.49	0.91
		Hotels and restaurants	H	49	970	429	1510	1.11	0.49	1.73
	Transport, storage and communication		I	106	2554	1745	3362	1.47	1.00	1.93
	Finance and business		J&K	158	2191	1540	2842	0.59	0.42	0.77
		Financial intermediation	J	56	946	547	1345	0.93	0.54	1.32
		Real estate, renting and business activities	K	102	1245	730	1760	0.46	0.27	0.66
	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		L	115	3248	2250	4246	2.03	1.41	2.65
	Education		M	137	1956	1375	2537	1.10	0.78	1.43
	Health and social work		N	217	3367	2602	4131	1.37	1.06	1.69
	Other community, social and personal service activities		O	61	1129	639	1618	0.96	0.55	1.38
	Other		P&Q	6	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Private households with employed persons	P	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Extra-territorial organisations and bodies	Q	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)			1296	24648	22212	27084	1.07	0.97	1.18
	Other job caused illness#			267	5118	3990	6246	..	..	..
	Total (illness ascribed to any job)			1563	29766	27079	32452	1.30	1.18	1.41
Injuries	Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing		A&B	29	208	74	342	0.59	0.22	0.97
		Agriculture, hunting and forestry	A	28	207	74	341	0.62	0.22	1.01
		Fishing	B	1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Extractive and utility supply		C&E	20	104	8	200	0.40	0.030	0.77
		Mining and quarrying	C	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Electricity, gas and water supply	E	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Manufacturing		D	208	1295	889	1701	0.37	0.25	0.49
	Construction		F	139	1029	654	1403	0.50	0.32	0.68
	Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants		G&H	226	1252	801	1704	0.30	0.19	0.40
		Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods	G	179	903	562	1244	0.27	0.17	0.37
		Hotels and restaurants	H	47	349	53	645	0.40	0.061	0.74
	Transport, storage and communication		I	103	1041	660	1423	0.60	0.38	0.82
	Finance and business		J&K	59	430	208	652	0.12	0.056	0.18
		Financial intermediation	J	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Real estate, renting and business activities	K	47	323	124	521	0.12	0.046	0.19
	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		L	81	890	428	1352	0.56	0.27	0.84
	Education		M	58	210	82	338	0.12	0.046	0.19
	Health and social work		N	126	793	537	1049	0.32	0.22	0.43
	Other community, social and personal service activities		O	53	353	137	570	0.30	0.12	0.49
	Other		P&Q	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Private households with employed persons	P	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Missing			1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All industries (injury sustained in current or most recent job)			1108	7702	6659	8746	0.34	0.29	0.38
	Other job caused injury#			108	1083	608	1557	..	..	..
	Total (injury sustained in any job)			1216	8785	7639	9931	0.38	0.33	0.43
Illnesses and/or injuries	Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing		A&B	43	574	237	912	1.64	0.68	2.59
		Agriculture, hunting and forestry	A	42	574	236	911	1.70	0.71	2.69
		Fishing	B	1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Extractive and utility supply		C&E	33	316	146	487	1.22	0.57	1.87
		Mining and quarrying	C	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Electricity, gas and water supply	E	20	202	68	336	1.27	0.44	2.09
	Manufacturing		D	357	4497	3498	5495	1.28	1.00	1.57
	Construction		F	249	3970	2956	4983	1.93	1.44	2.43
	Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants		G&H	390	4564	3540	5588	1.08	0.84	1.32
		Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods	G	296	3245	2427	4063	0.97	0.73	1.22
		Hotels and restaurants	H	94	1319	703	1936	1.51	0.80	2.21
	Transport, storage and communication		I	203	3595	2694	4496	2.06	1.55	2.58
	Finance and business		J&K	214	2621	1929	3313	0.71	0.52	0.89
		Financial intermediation	J	67	1053	642	1464	1.03	0.63	1.43
		Real estate, renting and business activities	K	147	1568	1012	2124	0.58	0.38	0.79
	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		L	189	4138	3032	5244	2.59	1.90	3.27
	Education		M	192	2166	1564	2769	1.22	0.88	1.56
	Health and social work		N	331	4159	3347	4972	1.70	1.37	2.03
	Other community, social and personal service activities		O	111	1482	941	2023	1.27	0.81	1.73
	Other		P&Q	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Private households with employed persons	P	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Extra-territorial organisations and bodies	Q	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Missing			1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All industries (illness or injury associated with the current or most recent job)			2324	32350	29667	35033	1.41	1.29	1.53
	Illness or injury associated with other job#			368	6201	4921	7481	..	..	..
	Total (Illness or injury associated with any job)			2685	38551	35577	41524	1.68	1.55	1.81

Notes:

.. Not applicable.

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

$ For people taking time off work.

# Includes those who did not answer the question identifying the job to which their illness or injury was ascribed and those who said their illness or injury was ascribed to a job other than their current or most recent in the last 12 months.

+ Details of Standard Industrial Classification (1992)

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

Estimated days lost and days lost per worker due to workplace injuries include all those sustained as a result of a non-road traffic accident, not just reportable injuries resulting in over 3 days of absence from work.

For any given industry, the sample numbers for illnesses and injuries may not sum to the total, as some cases took time off due to both illnesses and injuries.

Sample numbers for ‘All industries’ and ‘Illness or injury associated with other job’ do not sum to the ‘Total’, as 6 sample cases reported a work-related illness and a workplace injury which were caused by different jobs.

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