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Table STRIND6 - 2005/06

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work and associated average days lost per (full-time equivalent) worker due to self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by industry section.

Industry description + Section Illness ascribed to the current or most recent job
Sample cases $ Days lost (thousands) Average days lost per worker
central 95% C.I. central 95% C.I.
lower upper lower upper
Extractive and utility supply C&E 5 * * * * * *
  Mining and quarrying C 1 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 4 * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 32 722 324 1121 0.22 0.098 0.34
Construction F 14 * * * * * *
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H 57 1101 653 1550 0.28 0.16 0.39
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 46 783 460 1105 0.25 0.15 0.35
  Hotels and restaurants H 11 * * * * * *
Transport, storage and communication I 23 624 214 1035 0.35 0.12 0.59
Finance and business J&K 54 958 511 1405 0.25 0.13 0.37
  Financial intermediation J 25 492 155 828 0.47 0.15 0.80
  Real estate, renting and business activities K 29 466 172 761 0.17 0.062 0.27
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 45 1144 612 1677 0.67 0.36 0.98
Education M 52 1114 604 1625 0.60 0.33 0.87
Health and social work N 64 1501 949 2053 0.56 0.36 0.77
Other community, social and personal service activities O 20 547 189 904 0.46 0.16 0.76
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   366 8385 6985 9784 0.36 0.30 0.42
Other job caused illness#   76 2152 1373 2932 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   442 10537 8934 12139 0.45 0.39 0.52

Notes

..  Not applicable.

*  Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

$ For people taking time off work.

# 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.

+ See Appendix 5 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for details of Standard Industrial Classification.

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 40 sample cases.