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Table STROCC2 - 2005/06

Estimated prevalence and rates of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by occupational major and sub-major group, for people working in the last 12 months.

Occupation description + Major or sub-major group Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
Sample cases Estimated prevalence (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 1 105 57 46 68 1320 1060 1570
Corporate managers 11 83 44 35 54 1280 1000 1560
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services 12 22 13 7 18 1470 850 2100
Professional occupations 2 96 51 40 61 1370 1090 1650
Science and technology professionals 21 12 * * * * * *
Health professionals 22 6 * * * * * *
Teaching and research professionals 23 54 28 21 36 1970 1440 2500
Business and public service professionals 24 24 13 7 18 1340 800 1880
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 101 55 44 66 1330 1060 1590
Science and technology associate professionals 31 6 * * * * * *
Health and social welfare associate professionals 32 33 17 11 24 1540 1010 2060
Protective service occupations 33 17 * * * * * *
Culture, media and sports occupations 34 6 * * * * * *
Business and public service associate professionals 35 39 21 14 28 1370 930 1800
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 67 36 27 45 1020 770 1260
Administrative occupations 41 47 25 18 32 920 650 1180
Secretarial and related occupations 42 20 11 6 16 1340 740 1940
Skilled trades occupations 5 28 16 10 22 510 320 710
Skilled agricultural trades 51 1 * * * * * *
Skilled metal and electrical trades 52 15 * * * * * *
Skilled construction and building trades 53 7 * * * * * *
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades 54 5 * * * * * *
Personal service occupations 6 43 22 16 29 960 670 1260
Caring personal service occupations 61 36 18 12 25 1040 700 1380
Leisure and other personal service occupations 62 7 * * * * * *
Sales and customer service occupations 7 33 19 12 25 790 520 1060
Sales occupations 71 19 * * * * * *
Customer service occupations 72 14 * * * * * *
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 21 12 7 17 540 310 780
Process, plant and machine operatives 81 12 * * * * * *
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 82 9 * * * * * *
Elementary occupations 9 34 18 12 25 530 350 710
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations 91 8 * * * * * *
Elementary administration and service occupations 92 26 14 9 20 570 350 790
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   528 286 261 311 980 890 1060
Other job caused illness#   118 64 52 75 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   646 350 322 377 1200 1100 1290

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.