Health and Safety Executive

Table STRIND4_3YR

Estimated incidence and rates of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by industry, for people working in the last 12 months, averaged 2003/04-2005/06.

Industry description + Section, division, group or class^ Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
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
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing A&B * * * * * *
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A * * * * * *
Extractive and utility supply C&E * * * * * *
  Mining and quarrying C * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 19 15 22 490 400 580
Construction F 6 4 9 280 190 380
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H 28 24 33 480 400 560
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles,
motorcycles and personal and household goods
G 22 18 26 480 400 570
  Hotels and restaurants H 6 4 8 470 300 630
Transport, storage and communication I 13 10 16 660 510 810
Finance and business J&K 36 31 41 780 670 890
  Financial intermediation J 13 10 16 1060 820 1310
  Real estate, renting and business activities K 22 18 26 670 550 800
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 25 21 29 1270 1050 1480
    Administration of the State and the economic and social policy of the community 75.1 13 10 16 1190 920 1470
      General (overall) public service activities 75.11 5 3 6 880 560 1200
      Regulation of activities of agencies that provide health care, education, cultural services and other social services excluding social security 75.12 6 4 8 1310 850 1760
      Regulation of and contribution to more efficient operation of business 75.13 * * * * * *
      Supporting service activities for the Government as a whole 75.14 * * * * * *
    Defence, justice, law, fire, foreign affairs etc 75.2 10 7 13 1340 980 1690
    Compulsory Social Security activities 75.3 * * * * * *
Education M 24 20 28 900 750 1050
    Primary education 80.1 5 3 7 540 340 740
      Primary education, state, maintained 80.1 (state maintained) 5 3 7 630 400 860
    Secondary education 80.2 11 9 14 1200 900 1490
    Higher education 80.3 5 3 7 1030 670 1400
    Adult and other education 80.4 * * * * * *
Health and social work N 34 29 39 970 830 1110
    Human health activities 85.1 17 14 21 860 700 1030
    Veterinary activities 85.2 * * * * * *
    Social work activities 85.3 16 13 20 1130 900 1370
      Social work activities with accommodation 85.31 6 4 8 1250 840 1650
      Social work activities without accommodation 85.32 10 8 13 1080 800 1360
Other community, social and personal service activities O 10 7 12 590 430 750
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   197 185 209 680 640 720
Other job caused illness#   30 25 34 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   226 214 239 780 740 820

Notes:

.. Not applicable.

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

+ See Appendix 5 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for details of Standard Industrial 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 industry sections ,some divisional, group and class 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.


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Updated 22.11.11