Health and Safety Executive

Table WRISIZE3 - 2003/04

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

Number of people in workplace + 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
Illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job              
Self employed on own or with partners but no employees 56 29 21 37 1040 770 1320
               
1-24 employees 257 133 117 150 1410 1240 1590
25+ employees 657 333 307 359 2030 1870 2180
Missing 4 .. .. .. .. .. ..
               
1-49 employees 396 203 183 223 1560 1410 1720
50+ employees 518 264 241 287 2040 1860 2220
Missing 4 .. .. .. .. .. ..
               
All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job) 974 498 466 530 1720 1610 1830
Other job caused or made illness worse, workplace size unknown# 135 69 57 81 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job) 1109 567 533 601 1960 1840 2080

Notes:

.. Not applicable

+ Relates to the number of people at their workplace, which is not necessarily the same as the number of people working for the company.

# 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.

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