Table WRIOCC2 - 2003/04

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	325	163	145	181	3930	3510	4360
Corporate managers		11	256	128	112	144	3930	3450	4410
	Corporate managers and senior officials	111	15	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Production managers	112	43	22	15	28	3760	2640	4880
	Functional managers	113	93	47	37	56	3750	2990	4500
	Quality and customer care managers	114	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Financial institution and office managers	115	29	14	9	19	3630	2310	4940
	Managers in distribution, storage and retailing	116	39	20	14	27	3530	2430	4630
	Protective service officers	117	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Health and social services managers	118	21	10	6	15	5540	3210	7870
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services		12	69	35	26	43	3940	3010	4870
	Managers in farming, horticulture, forestry and fishing	121	6	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Managers and proprietors in hospitality and leisure services	122	30	15	9	20	4330	2790	5860
	Managers and proprietors in other services industries	123	33	17	11	23	3410	2240	4570
Professional occupations		2	310	156	138	173	4400	3910	4890
Science and technology professionals		21	66	33	25	42	3430	2600	4250
	Science professionals	211	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Engineering professionals	212	28	14	9	19	3280	2070	4490
	Information and communication technology professionals	213	29	15	10	21	3590	2280	4900
Health professionals		22	18	*	*	*	*	*	*
Teaching and research professionals		23	150	73	61	85	5140	4330	5950
	Teaching professionals	231	144	71	59	82	5260	4410	6110
	Research professionals	232	6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Business and public service professionals		24	76	40	31	50	4540	3510	5570
	Legal professionals	241	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Business and statistical professionals	242	22	13	7	18	3350	1930	4770
	Architects, town planners, surveyors	243	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public service professionals	244	29	14	9	20	8820	5720	11900
	Librarians and related professionals	245	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
Associate professional and technical occupations		3	337	174	155	193	4410	3940	4880
Science and technology associate professionals		31	24	12	7	17	2440	1460	3420
	Science and engineering technicians	311	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Draughtspersons and building inspectors	312	1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	IT service delivery occupations	313	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health and social welfare associate professionals		32	131	64	53	76	6250	5200	7300
	Health associate professionals	321	97	47	38	57	7180	5780	8590
	Therapists	322	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Social welfare associate professionals	323	21	11	6	15	4270	2470	6080
Protective service occupations		33	40	21	15	28	6480	4510	8460
Culture, media and sports occupations		34	41	22	15	29	3710	2570	4850
	Artistic and literary occupations	341	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Design associate professionals	342	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Media associate professionals	343	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Sports and fitness occupations	344	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
Business and public service associate professionals		35	101	54	43	65	3610	2900	4310
	Transport associate professionals	351	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Legal associate professionals	352	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Business and finance associate professionals	353	26	14	8	19	3000	1850	4160
	Sales and related associate professionals	354	27	15	9	21	3270	2020	4520
	Conservation associate professionals	355	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public service and other associate professionals	356	37	19	13	26	4340	2940	5740
Administrative and secretarial occupations		4	196	96	83	110	2620	2250	2990
Administrative occupations		41	147	72	61	84	2660	2230	3090
	Administrative occupations: government and related organisations	411	50	24	17	31	4490	3260	5710
	Administrative occupations: finance	412	25	12	7	17	1470	890	2040
	Administrative occupations: records	413	31	15	10	21	2510	1620	3400
	Administrative occupations: communications	414	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Administrative occupations: general	415	36	18	12	24	2640	1770	3500
Secretarial and related occupations		42	49	24	17	31	2500	1790	3200
Skilled trades occupations		5	313	157	139	174	4810	4280	5330
Skilled agricultural trades		51	32	16	10	21	5130	3380	6890
Skilled metal and electrical trades		52	121	60	50	71	4790	3950	5640
	Metal forming, welding and related trades	521	20	10	5	14	6530	3720	9350
	Metal machining, fitting and instrument making trades	522	42	21	15	27	5430	3810	7040
	Vehicle trades	523	24	13	7	18	4540	2730	6350
	Electrical trades	524	35	17	11	23	3830	2570	5090
Skilled construction and building trades		53	123	61	50	72	5520	4550	6490
	Construction trades	531	86	42	33	51	4930	3890	5960
	Building trades	532	37	19	13	25	7520	5130	9920
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades		54	37	20	13	26	3330	2270	4400
	Textiles and garments trades	541	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Printing trades	542	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Food preparation trades	543	18	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Skilled trades n.e.c.	549	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
Personal service occupations		6	167	84	71	97	3800	3230	4370
Caring personal service occupations		61	126	63	52	75	3790	3130	4450
	Healthcare and related personal services	611	93	47	37	56	5060	4050	6080
	Childcare and related personal services	612	30	15	10	21	2140	1360	2920
	Animal care services	613	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Leisure and other personal service occupations		62	41	21	14	28	3820	2650	5000
	Leisure and travel service occupations	621	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Hairdressers and related occupations	622	15	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Housekeeping occupations	623	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
Sales and customer service occupations		7	98	50	40	60	2060	1650	2470
Sales occupations		71	67	35	26	43	1690	1280	2100
	Sales assistants and retail cashiers	711	59	30	22	38	1660	1230	2090
	Sales related occupations	712	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
Customer service occupations		72	31	16	10	21	4020	2620	5420
Process, plant and machine operatives		8	174	89	75	102	4110	3500	4710
Process, plant and machine operatives		81	95	48	38	58	4290	3430	5150
	Process operatives	811	33	16	11	22	4540	3010	6070
	Plant and machine operatives	812	21	10	6	15	4570	2640	6500
	Assemblers and routine operatives	813	24	13	7	18	3200	1920	4490
	Construction operatives	814	17	*	*	*	*	*	*
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives		82	79	41	32	50	3910	3050	4770
	Transport drivers and operatives	821	69	36	27	44	4000	3060	4950
	Mobile machine drivers and operatives	822	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
Elementary occupations		9	199	102	87	116	2890	2480	3290
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations		91	76	38	29	46	3640	2830	4460
	Elementary agricultural occupations	911	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary construction occupations	912	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary process plant occupations	913	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary goods storage occupations	914	36	18	12	24	4100	2770	5420
Elementary administration and service occupations		92	123	64	53	76	2580	2120	3040
	Elementary administration occupations	921	29	16	10	22	5910	3790	8020
	Elementary personal services occupations	922	38	19	13	25	2070	1410	2730
	Elementary cleaning occupations	923	42	21	15	28	2790	1950	3630
	Elementary security occupations	924	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary sales occupations	925	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
Missing			1	..	..	..	..	..	..
All occupations (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.

+ 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.