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Table WRIIND2 - 2003/04

Estimated prevalence 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 prevalence (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 36 18 12 23 4870 3270 6470
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 36 18 12 23 5030 3380 6680
Extractive and utility supply C&E 20 9 5 14 3370 1910 4830
  Mining and quarrying C 11 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 9 * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 301 150 133 167 3770 3340 4190
Construction F 192 96 83 110 4420 3800 5040
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 218 112 97 128 2440 2110 2770
Hotels and restaurants H 70 36 28 45 2690 2060 3320
Transport, storage and communication I 167 88 74 101 4520 3830 5200
Financial intermediation J 75 38 29 46 3000 2320 3680
Real estate, renting and business activities K 188 99 85 114 3030 2590 3460
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 178 88 75 101 4670 3990 5350
Education M 225 111 96 125 4280 3730 4840
Health and social work N 330 165 147 183 4840 4320 5360
Other community, social and personal service activities O 112 57 46 68 3540 2880 4190
Other P&Q 8 * * * * * *
  Private households with employed persons P 6 * * * * * *
  Extra-territorial organisations and bodies Q 2 * * * * * *
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   2120 1071 1025 1118 3700 3550 3860
Other job caused or made illness worse#   531 269 246 292 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   2651 1340 1288 1393 4630 4460 4810

Notes:

.. Not applicable.

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

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

+ 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 3M and 3N in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for tests of statistical significance.