Table WDLIND - 2004/05

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work and associated average days lost per (full-time equivalent) worker due to self-reported work-related illness or workplace injuries attributed to the current or most recent job, by industry.

Days lost due to illness or injuries	Industry description +		Section	Illness or injury 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.
					central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Illnesses	Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing		A&B	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Agriculture, hunting and forestry	A	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Extractive and utility supply		C&E	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Mining and quarrying	C	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Electricity, gas and water supply	E	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Manufacturing		D	150	3244	2357	4131	0.96	0.70	1.22
	Construction		F	99	2372	1566	3178	1.11	0.73	1.49
	Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants		G&H	164	2787	1938	3636	0.68	0.47	0.88
		Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods	G	139	2412	1601	3223	0.74	0.49	0.99
		Hotels and restaurants	H	25	375	124	626	0.43	0.14	0.71
	Transport, storage and communication		I	89	1904	1182	2625	1.09	0.68	1.50
	Finance and business		J&K	147	2666	1877	3454	0.71	0.50	0.92
		Financial intermediation	J	53	1309	720	1899	1.30	0.72	1.89
		Real estate, renting and business activities	K	94	1356	833	1880	0.49	0.30	0.68
	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		L	114	2957	2029	3886	1.79	1.23	2.35
	Education		M	130	1431	949	1913	0.78	0.52	1.04
	Health and social work		N	227	4003	3100	4906	1.56	1.21	1.91
	Other community, social and personal service activities		O	56	1630	906	2354	1.38	0.77	1.99
	Other		P&Q	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Private households with employed persons	P	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)			1196	23637	21191	26082	1.02	0.92	1.13
	Other job caused illness#			237	4768	3664	5871	..	..	..
	Total (illness ascribed to any job)			1433	28404	25722	31086	1.23	1.11	1.34
Injuries	Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing		A&B	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Agriculture, hunting and forestry	A	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Extractive and utility supply		C&E	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Mining and quarrying	C	6	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Electricity, gas and water supply	E	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Manufacturing		D	188	1072	741	1402	0.32	0.22	0.41
	Construction		F	134	858	576	1140	0.40	0.27	0.53
	Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants		G&H	189	1066	637	1495	0.26	0.15	0.36
		Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods	G	141	894	483	1305	0.28	0.15	0.40
		Hotels and restaurants	H	48	172	48	295	0.19	0.054	0.33
	Transport, storage and communication		I	87	860	492	1227	0.49	0.28	0.70
	Finance and business		J&K	60	441	155	726	0.12	0.041	0.19
		Financial intermediation	J	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Real estate, renting and business activities	K	53	428	144	713	0.16	0.052	0.26
	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		L	56	312	166	458	0.19	0.10	0.28
	Education		M	56	204	77	331	0.11	0.042	0.18
	Health and social work		N	95	533	312	754	0.21	0.12	0.29
	Other community, social and personal service activities		O	49	525	151	899	0.44	0.13	0.76
	Other		P&Q	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Private households with employed persons	P	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Workplace outside UK			1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All industries (injury sustained in current or most recent job)			952	6202	5277	7126	0.27	0.23	0.31
	Other job caused injury#			99	820	475	1164	..	..	..
	Total (injury sustained in any job)			1051	7021	6035	8008	0.30	0.26	0.35
Illnesses and/or injuries	Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing		A&B	26	400	73	727	1.10	0.20	2.00
		Agriculture, hunting and forestry	A	26	400	73	727	1.14	0.21	2.08
	Extractive and utility supply		C&E	21	485	112	857	1.78	0.42	3.14
		Mining and quarrying	C	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Electricity, gas and water supply	E	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Manufacturing		D	330	4316	3367	5265	1.27	0.99	1.55
	Construction		F	230	3230	2362	4098	1.51	1.11	1.92
	Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants		G&H	343	3853	2900	4806	0.93	0.70	1.17
		Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods	G	272	3306	2395	4218	1.02	0.74	1.30
		Hotels and restaurants	H	71	547	266	827	0.62	0.30	0.94
	Transport, storage and communication		I	173	2764	1953	3574	1.58	1.12	2.03
	Finance and business		J&K	203	3106	2268	3945	0.83	0.60	1.05
		Financial intermediation	J	60	1322	732	1911	1.32	0.73	1.90
		Real estate, renting and business activities	K	143	1785	1188	2381	0.65	0.43	0.86
	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		L	166	3270	2328	4211	1.98	1.41	2.55
	Education		M	183	1635	1137	2134	0.89	0.62	1.16
	Health and social work		N	315	4536	3605	5466	1.77	1.41	2.13
	Other community, social and personal service activities		O	104	2155	1273	3036	1.82	1.08	2.57
		Other	P&Q	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Private households with employed persons	P	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Workplace outside UK			1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All industries (illness or injury associated with the current or most recent job)			2105	29838	27192	32484	1.29	1.18	1.40
	Illness or injury associated with other job#			329	5587	4410	6765	..	..	..
	Total (Illness or injury associated with any job)			2427	35426	32528	38323	1.53	1.41	1.66

Notes:

.. Not applicable.

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

$ For people taking time off work.

# Includes those who did not answer the question identifying the job to which their illness or injury was ascribed and those who said their illness or injury was ascribed to a job other than their current or most recent in the last 12 months.

+ Details of Standard Industrial Classification (1992)

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 40 sample cases.

Estimated days lost and days lost per worker due to workplace injuries include all those sustained as a result of a non-road traffic accident, not just reportable injuries resulting in over 3 days of absence from work.

For any given industry, the sample numbers for illnesses and injuries may not sum to the total, as some cases took time off due to both illnesses and injuries.

Sample numbers for ‘All industries’ and ‘Illness or injury associated with other job’ do not sum to the ‘Total’, as 6 sample cases reported a work-related illness and a workplace injury which were caused by different jobs.

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