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Table WRISIZE1 - 2004/05

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

Number of people in workplace + 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.
lower upper lower upper
Illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job              
Self employed on own or with partners but no employees 174 94 80 108 3410 2900 3920
               
1-24 employees 497 259 235 282 2790 2540 3040
25+ employees 1219 634 598 670 3780 3570 4000
Missing 12 .. .. ..      
               
1-49 employees 742 386 358 415 3010 2790 3230
50+ employees 974 507 474 539 3830 3590 4080
Missing 12 .. .. ..      
               
All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job) 1902 993 947 1039 3420 3260 3570
Other job caused or made illness worse, workplace size unknown# 458 235 213 257 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job) 2360 1228 1177 1279 4220 4050 4400

Notes:

.. Not applicable

+ Relates to the number of people at their workplace, which is not necessarily the same as the number of people working for the company.

# 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.