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Table WRISIZE6 - 2003/04

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work and associated average days lost per (full-time equivalent) worker due to a self-reported illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job, for small, medium and large workplaces.

Workplace size + Illness ascribed to the current or most recent job
Sample cases$ Days lost (thousands) Average days lost per worker
central 95% C.I. central 95% C.I.
lower upper lower upper
Illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job              
Small (less than 50 employees)~ 597 11346 9718 12974 0.93 0.80 1.07
Medium (50-249 employees) 324 6167 4965 7368 1.30 1.05 1.55
Large (250+ employees) 344 6507 5245 7769 1.26 1.01 1.50
Missing/unknown 31 .. .. .. .. .. ..
All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job) 1296 24648 22212 27084 1.07 0.97 1.18
Other job caused illness, workplace size unknown# 267 5118 3990 6246 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job) 1563 29766 27079 32452 1.30 1.18 1.41

Notes:

~ Includes those who are self employed on their own or with partners who have no employees.

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

$ For people taking time off work.

# 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.

Individuals who gave the response 'Don't know but between 50 and 499' have been coded as missing/unknown.