Table WRIIND4 - 2003/04

Estimated incidence 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 incidence (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
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing		A&B	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Agriculture, hunting and forestry	A	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
Extractive and utility supply		C&E	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Mining and quarrying	C	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Electricity, gas and water supply	E	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
Manufacturing		D	123	61	50	72	1530	1260	1810
Construction		F	58	29	22	37	1340	1000	1690
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods		G	114	59	48	70	1290	1050	1520
Hotels and restaurants		H	31	16	10	22	1210	780	1640
Transport, storage and communication		I	72	38	29	47	1970	1510	2420
Financial intermediation		J	43	22	15	28	1740	1210	2260
Real estate, renting and business activities		K	84	46	36	56	1400	1090	1700
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		L	96	48	38	58	2540	2030	3050
Education		M	109	54	44	65	2100	1710	2500
Health and social work		N	166	83	70	96	2440	2070	2820
Other community, social and personal service activities		O	55	29	21	37	1790	1310	2270
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)			974	498	466	530	1720	1610	1830
Other job caused or made illness worse#			135	69	57	81	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)			1109	567	533	601	1960	1840	2080

Notes:

.. Not applicable

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

+ 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

See Tables 3Q and 3R in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for tests of statistical significance.