• 2006/07
• 2005/06

Number of people in workplace +	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
Self employed on own or with partners but no employees	36	20	13	26	690	460	920
1-24 employees	83	45	35	55	490	380	600
25+ employees	168	91	77	104	540	460	620
1-49 employees	117	64	52	76	500	410	590
50+ employees	134	72	60	85	540	450	640
All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job)	287	156	138	174	530	470	600
Other job caused illness, workplace size unknown#	25	15	9	21	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)	312	171	151	190	580	520	650

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.

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'.