Health and Safety Executive

Table STROCC4 - 2005/06

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

Occupation description + Major group Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
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
Managers and senior officials 1 37 28 46 850 650 1060
Professional occupations 2 27 20 35 740 530 950
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 33 24 41 790 580 990
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 22 15 29 610 420 810
Skilled trades occupations 5 * * * * * *
Personal service occupations 6 12 7 17 540 320 750
Sales and customer service occupations 7 * * * * * *
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 * * * * * *
Elementary occupations 9 * * * * * *
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   166 147 185 570 500 630
Other job caused illness#   25 18 32 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   191 171 212 660 590 730

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.

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Updated 14.02.10