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Table WRISIZE4 - 2004/05

Estimated incidence 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 incidence (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)~ 415 217 195 238 1390 1260 1530
Medium (50-249 employees) 224 116 101 132 1960 1710 2220
Large (250+ employees) 241 126 110 142 1980 1720 2230
Missing/unknown 33 .. .. .. .. .. ..
All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job) 913 478 446 510 1640 1540 1750
Other job caused illness, workplace size unknown# 113 59 48 70 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job) 1026 536 503 570 1850 1730 1960

Notes:

.. Not applicable

~ Includes those who are self employed on their own or with partners who have no employees.

+ 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.

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

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