Table WRIIND2 - 2004/05

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

Industry description +		Section	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
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing		A&B	22	11	6	15	2960	1740	4170
	Agriculture, hunting and forestry	A	21	10	6	15	2910	1680	4130
	Fishing	B	1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Extractive and utility supply		C&E	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Mining and quarrying	C	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Electricity, gas and water supply	E	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
Manufacturing		D	253	131	114	147	3400	2980	3810
Construction		F	166	89	75	103	3940	3340	4540
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods		G	214	115	99	130	2500	2160	2840
Hotels and restaurants		H	43	24	16	31	1820	1260	2380
Transport, storage and communication		I	128	66	54	78	3370	2790	3960
Financial intermediation		J	81	45	35	54	3600	2820	4390
Real estate, renting and business activities		K	178	95	80	110	2870	2430	3300
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		L	162	84	71	97	4290	3630	4960
Education		M	203	103	88	117	3880	3350	4410
Health and social work		N	332	168	149	186	4810	4290	5340
Other community, social and personal service activities		O	94	51	40	61	3100	2470	3730
Other		P&Q	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Private households with employed persons	P	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)			1902	993	947	1039	3420	3260	3570
Other job caused or made illness worse#			458	235	213	257	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)			2360	1228	1177	1279	4220	4050	4400

Notes:

.. Not applicable.

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases.

+ Details of Standard Industrial 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.

Definitions and data reliability

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