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Table WRISIZE2 - 2004/05

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

Workplace size + 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              
Small (less than 50 employees)~ 916 480 448 512 3080 2880 3290
Medium (50-249 employees) 435 224 203 245 3780 3430 4140
Large (250+ employees) 486 253 230 276 3960 3610 4320
Missing/unknown 65 .. .. ..      
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 are self employed on their own or with partners who have no employees.

# 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.

Individuals who gave the response 'Don't know but between 50 and 499' have been coded as missing/unknown.