Table MSDOCC4 - 2005/06

• 2007/08
• 2006/07
• 2005/06

Occupation description +	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	40	22	15	29	510	350	670
Professional occupations	2	35	18	12	24	500	330	660
Associate professional and technical occupations	3	37	20	14	27	490	330	650
Administrative and secretarial occupations	4	27	13	8	19	380	230	520
Skilled trades occupations	5	48	27	19	35	860	610	1100
Personal service occupations	6	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
Sales and customer service occupations	7	20	11	6	16	470	260	670
Process, plant and machine operatives	8	25	14	8	20	650	390	910
Elementary occupations	9	36	20	13	27	570	380	770
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)		287	156	138	174	530	470	600
Other job caused illness#		25	15	9	21	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)		312	171	151	190	580	520	650

Notes:

..  Not applicable

*  Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

+ See Appendix 4 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for details of Standard Occupational Classification.

# 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.
• Tables are available for earlier years, but rates are presented as 'rates per 100 workers'.
• See Table MSDOCC4SIG for tests of statistical significance