Table WRIOCC2 - 2004/05

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

Occupation description +		Major, sub-major or minor group	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
Managers and senior officials		1	248	129	112	145	3030	2650	3410
Corporate managers		11	200	104	89	118	3090	2660	3520
	Corporate managers and senior officials	111	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Production managers	112	28	15	9	20	2450	1540	3360
	Functional managers	113	66	34	26	43	2660	2010	3310
	Quality and customer care managers	114	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Financial institution and office managers	115	23	12	7	16	2910	1720	4090
	Managers in distribution, storage and retailing	116	31	16	11	22	2900	1880	3910
	Protective service officers	117	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Health and social services managers	118	23	12	7	17	5830	3460	8200
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services		12	48	25	18	32	2800	2000	3590
	Managers in farming, horticulture, forestry and fishing	121	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Managers and proprietors in hospitality and leisure services	122	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Managers and proprietors in other services industries	123	32	16	10	22	3170	2070	4270
Professional occupations		2	279	145	127	162	4060	3580	4530
Science and technology professionals		21	71	38	28	47	3750	2850	4650
	Science professionals	211	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Engineering professionals	212	33	18	12	24	4100	2710	5500
	Information and communication technology professionals	213	24	13	7	18	2980	1740	4210
Health professionals		22	20	11	6	15	3740	2110	5380
Teaching and research professionals		23	140	70	59	82	5000	4180	5820
	Teaching professionals	231	131	66	54	77	4950	4120	5790
	Research professionals	232	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
Business and public service professionals		24	48	26	18	34	2980	2140	3830
	Legal professionals	241	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Business and statistical professionals	242	16	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Architects, town planners, surveyors	243	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public service professionals	244	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Librarians and related professionals	245	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
Associate professional and technical occupations		3	337	178	159	198	4480	4000	4960
Science and technology associate professionals		31	35	19	13	25	3610	2420	4800
	Science and engineering technicians	311	22	12	7	16	4800	2820	6780
	Draughtspersons and building inspectors	312	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	IT service delivery occupations	313	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health and social welfare associate professionals		32	139	71	59	83	6810	5700	7920
	Health associate professionals	321	94	47	38	57	7370	5920	8830
	Therapists	322	17	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Social welfare associate professionals	323	28	15	9	21	5580	3540	7620
Protective service occupations		33	29	16	10	22	4840	3090	6580
Culture, media and sports occupations		34	37	20	13	27	3320	2250	4390
	Artistic and literary occupations	341	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Design associate professionals	342	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Media associate professionals	343	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Sports and fitness occupations	344	6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Business and public service associate professionals		35	97	52	42	63	3540	2830	4250
	Transport associate professionals	351	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Legal associate professionals	352	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Business and finance associate professionals	353	28	16	10	23	3630	2280	4980
	Sales and related associate professionals	354	28	15	9	21	3410	2150	4670
	Conservation associate professionals	355	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public service and other associate professionals	356	31	16	10	21	3450	2240	4660
Administrative and secretarial occupations		4	195	100	86	114	2720	2340	3100
Administrative occupations		41	139	72	60	84	2630	2190	3070
	Administrative occupations: government and related organisations	411	46	23	16	30	4180	2980	5380
	Administrative occupations: finance	412	38	21	14	27	2400	1640	3170
	Administrative occupations: records	413	28	15	9	21	2570	1610	3520
	Administrative occupations: communications	414	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Administrative occupations: general	415	23	12	7	16	1690	1000	2380
Secretarial and related occupations		42	56	28	20	35	2970	2190	3740
Skilled trades occupations		5	250	133	116	150	4070	3560	4580
Skilled agricultural trades		51	26	13	8	18	4490	2780	6200
Skilled metal and electrical trades		52	86	45	35	55	3550	2800	4310
	Metal forming, welding and related trades	521	17	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Metal machining, fitting and instrument making trades	522	20	11	6	15	2660	1490	3830
	Vehicle trades	523	25	14	8	19	4690	2810	6570
	Electrical trades	524	24	13	7	18	2840	1710	3970
Skilled construction and building trades		53	98	53	42	64	4710	3780	5650
	Construction trades	531	80	43	34	53	5010	3910	6110
	Building trades	532	18	*	*	*	*	*	*
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades		54	40	22	15	29	3750	2570	4930
	Textiles and garments trades	541	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Printing trades	542	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Food preparation trades	543	22	13	7	18	3880	2210	5550
	Skilled trades n.e.c.	549	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
Personal service occupations		6	151	78	65	90	3440	2890	4000
Caring personal service occupations		61	120	61	50	72	3540	2900	4170
	Healthcare and related personal services	611	84	43	33	52	4640	3640	5630
	Childcare and related personal services	612	33	17	11	22	2210	1450	2960
	Animal care services	613	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Leisure and other personal service occupations		62	31	17	11	23	3150	2040	4260
	Leisure and travel service occupations	621	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Hairdressers and related occupations	622	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Housekeeping occupations	623	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Personal services occupations n.e.c	629	1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Sales and customer service occupations		7	117	62	51	74	2560	2090	3030
Sales occupations		71	95	52	41	62	2580	2060	3100
	Sales assistants and retail cashiers	711	87	47	37	57	2620	2070	3170
	Sales related occupations	712	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
Customer service occupations		72	22	10	6	15	2470	1440	3500
Process, plant and machine operatives		8	152	78	66	91	3680	3090	4260
Process, plant and machine operatives		81	78	40	31	49	3800	2960	4640
	Process operatives	811	25	13	8	17	3830	2350	5320
	Plant and machine operatives	812	20	10	6	15	4860	2760	6950
	Assemblers and routine operatives	813	23	12	7	17	3310	1960	4660
	Construction operatives	814	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives		82	74	38	29	47	3550	2740	4370
	Transport drivers and operatives	821	63	32	24	41	3590	2700	4480
	Mobile machine drivers and operatives	822	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
Elementary occupations		9	173	90	77	104	2580	2190	2970
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations		91	69	37	28	45	3480	2650	4310
	Elementary agricultural occupations	911	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary construction occupations	912	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary process plant occupations	913	18	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary goods storage occupations	914	35	18	12	25	4070	2700	5450
Elementary administration and service occupations		92	104	54	43	64	2200	1770	2620
	Elementary administration occupations	921	23	12	7	16	4300	2570	6030
	Elementary personal services occupations	922	20	11	6	15	1170	650	1680
	Elementary cleaning occupations	923	38	19	13	26	2520	1710	3320
	Elementary security occupations	924	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary sales occupations	925	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
All occupations (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.

+ Details of Standard Occupational 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.

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

Definitions and data reliability

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