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Table WRIOCC4 - 2004/05

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

Occupation description + Major or sub-major group 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
Managers and senior officials 1 139 71 59 83 1670 1390 1950
Corporate managers 11 113 58 47 69 1730 1410 2050
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services 12 26 13 8 18 1460 890 2030
Professional occupations 2 138 71 59 84 2000 1670 2340
Science and technology professionals 21 34 17 11 23 1730 1150 2310
Health professionals 22 7 * * * * * *
Teaching and research professionals 23 68 34 26 43 2440 1860 3030
Business and public service professionals 24 29 16 10 22 1840 1160 2510
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 164 87 73 101 2180 1850 2520
Science and technology associate professionals 31 20 10 6 15 1980 1110 2850
Health and social welfare associate professionals 32 65 33 25 41 3130 2370 3890
Protective service occupations 33 17 * * * * * *
Culture, media and sports occupations 34 14 * * * * * *
Business and public service associate professionals 35 48 27 19 35 1830 1300 2370
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 105 54 44 65 1480 1190 1760
Administrative occupations 41 78 41 32 50 1490 1160 1820
Secretarial and related occupations 42 27 14 8 19 1450 900 2000
Skilled trades occupations 5 94 50 40 61 1540 1220 1860
Skilled agricultural trades 51 13 * * * * * *
Skilled metal and electrical trades 52 30 16 10 22 1240 780 1700
Skilled construction and building trades 53 35 20 13 26 1740 1160 2320
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades 54 16 * * * * * *
Personal service occupations 6 64 33 25 41 1460 1100 1820
Caring personal service occupations 61 53 27 20 34 1570 1140 1990
Leisure and other personal service occupations 62 11 * * * * * *
Sales and customer service occupations 7 67 35 27 44 1460 1100 1810
Sales occupations 71 54 29 21 37 1460 1060 1860
Customer service occupations 72 13 * * * * * *
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 60 32 24 40 1500 1120 1890
Process, plant and machine operatives 81 23 13 7 18 1200 700 1690
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 82 37 19 13 26 1810 1210 2400
Elementary occupations 9 82 43 34 53 1240 970 1510
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations 91 32 17 11 24 1660 1060 2260
Elementary administration and service occupations 92 50 26 19 33 1060 760 1350
All occupations (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.

+ 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.

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