• 2005/06-2006/07
• 2003/04-2005/06

Occupation description +			Major, sub-major or minor group^	Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
				Sample cases	Averaged estimated incidence (thousands)			Averaged 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	109	19	15	22	440	360	520
Corporate managers			11	79	14	11	17	410	310	500
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services			12	30	5	3	7	570	370	780
Professional occupations			2	101	17	14	21	480	390	570
Science and technology professionals			21	17	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health professionals			22	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
Teaching and research professionals			23	41	7	5	9	470	330	620
	Teaching professionals		231	38	6	4	8	470	320	620
	Research professionals		232	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Business and public service professionals			24	32	6	4	8	630	410	860
Associate professional and technical occupations			3	143	26	22	30	640	540	750
Science and technology associate professionals			31	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health and social welfare associate professionals			32	62	11	8	13	1000	750	1260
Protective service occupations			33	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
Culture, media and sports occupations			34	20	4	2	5	630	350	910
Business and public service associate professionals			35	34	6	4	8	420	270	560
Administrative and secretarial occupations			4	83	14	11	17	380	300	460
Administrative occupations			41	58	10	7	12	360	270	460
Secretarial and related occupations			42	25	4	2	6	440	270	610
Skilled trades occupations			5	154	27	23	31	840	700	970
Skilled agricultural trades			51	20	3	2	5	1090	610	1580
Skilled metal and electrical trades			52	42	7	5	10	590	400	770
Skilled construction and building trades			53	72	13	10	16	1150	880	1420
	Construction trades		531	52	10	7	12	1110	810	1420
	Building trades		532	20	3	2	5	1280	720	1850
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades			54	20	4	2	5	620	330	910
Personal service occupations			6	81	13	10	16	590	460	730
Caring personal service occupations			61	68	11	8	14	650	490	810
Leisure and other personal service occupations			62	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
Sales and customer service occupations			7	66	11	9	14	470	350	590
Sales occupations			71	50	9	6	11	440	310	560
	Sales assistants and retail cashiers		711	44	7	5	10	420	290	540
	Sales related occupations		712	6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Customer service occupations			72	16	*	*	*	*	*	*
Process, plant and machine operatives			8	88	17	13	20	770	600	940
Process, plant and machine operatives			81	38	7	5	10	660	430	880
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives			82	50	10	7	12	890	640	1140
		Transport drivers and operatives	821	45	9	6	11	940	660	1220
		Mobile machine drivers and operatives	822	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
Elementary occupations			9	111	20	16	24	570	460	680
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations			91	42	7	5	10	730	500	960
Elementary administration and service occupations			92	69	12	9	15	500	380	620
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)				936	164	153	175	560	530	600
Other job caused illness#				96	17	14	20	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)				1032	181	170	192	620	580	660

Notes:

The estimates in this table take account of revisions made to the Great Britain population estimates following the 2001 Census.

..  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.

^Within occupation major groups, some sub-major and minor group information has been provided where some of the categories have sufficiently large sample cases to provide reliable estimates.

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases.

• Definitions and data reliability
• See TableMSDOCC4_3YRSIG for tests of statistical significance