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Table WRIOCC4 - 2003/04

Estimated incidence and rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by occupational major and sub-major group, for people working in the last 12 months.

Occupation description + Major or sub-major group 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.
lower upper lower upper
Managers and senior officials 1 161 80 67 92 1930 1630 2230
Corporate managers 11 128 63 52 74 1940 1600 2280
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services 12 33 17 11 22 1890 1240 2540
Professional occupations 2 157 80 67 92 2250 1900 2600
Science and technology professionals 21 36 19 12 25 1910 1280 2530
Health professionals 22 10 * * * * * *
Teaching and research professionals 23 73 36 28 45 2540 1950 3120
Business and public service professionals 24 38 20 14 27 2260 1530 2990
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 163 85 71 98 2150 1810 2480
Science and technology associate professionals 31 9 * * * * * *
Health and social welfare associate professionals 32 62 31 23 38 2980 2240 3720
Protective service occupations 33 21 11 6 16 3450 1970 4930
Culture, media and sports occupations 34 17 * * * * * *
Business and public service associate professionals 35 54 29 21 37 1920 1400 2440
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 104 51 41 61 1390 1120 1660
Administrative occupations 41 77 39 30 48 1420 1100 1740
Secretarial and related occupations 42 27 12 8 17 1300 810 1790
Skilled trades occupations 5 96 48 38 58 1470 1170 1770
Skilled agricultural trades 51 12 * * * * * *
Skilled metal and electrical trades 52 38 19 13 26 1530 1040 2020
Skilled construction and building trades 53 36 17 12 23 1570 1050 2080
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades 54 10 * * * * * *
Personal service occupations 6 83 43 33 52 1920 1510 2340
Caring personal service occupations 61 66 34 25 42 2020 1530 2510
Leisure and other personal service occupations 62 17 * * * * * *
Sales and customer service occupations 7 59 31 23 39 1260 940 1590
Sales occupations 71 41 21 15 28 1040 720 1360
Customer service occupations 72 18 * * * * * *
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 70 38 29 47 1750 1330 2160
Process, plant and machine operatives 81 37 20 13 26 1750 1180 2330
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 82 33 18 12 24 1740 1140 2330
Elementary occupations 9 81 43 34 53 1230 960 1500
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations 91 30 16 10 21 1520 970 2060
Elementary administration and service occupations 92 51 28 20 35 1110 800 1420
All occupations (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 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.

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