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Table WRIIND4 - 2004/05

Estimated incidence 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 incidence (thousands) Rate per 100 000 employed in the last 12 months
central 95% C.I. central 95% C.I.
lower upper lower upper
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing A&B 9 * * * * * *
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 9 * * * * * *
Extractive and utility supply C&E 6 * * * * * *
  Mining and quarrying C 2 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 4 * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 105 55 44 66 1430 1150 1700
Construction F 61 34 25 42 1480 1110 1850
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 115 61 50 72 1330 1080 1580
Hotels and restaurants H 22 12 7 17 900 520 1270
Transport, storage and communication I 68 36 27 44 1820 1380 2250
Financial intermediation J 47 26 18 33 2090 1490 2700
Real estate, renting and business activities K 90 48 37 58 1430 1120 1740
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 83 45 35 55 2290 1800 2790
Education M 97 49 39 59 1850 1480 2220
Health and social work N 165 82 70 95 2370 2010 2730
Other community, social and personal service activities O 43 23 16 30 1420 990 1850
Other P&Q 2 * * * * * *
  Private households with employed persons P 2 * * * * * *
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   913 478 446 510 1640 1540 1750
Other job caused or made illness worse#   113 59 48 70 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   1026 536 503 570 1850 1730 1960

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.

See Tables 3Q and 4R in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for tests of statistical significance.