• 2006/07
• 2005/06

Occupation description +	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	41	22	16	29	520	360	680
Professional occupations	2	42	22	15	28	590	410	770
Associate professional and technical occupations	3	41	22	15	29	530	360	690
Administrative and secretarial occupations	4	42	21	15	28	590	410	770
Skilled trades occupations	5	53	29	21	36	910	660	1160
Personal service occupations	6	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
Sales and customer service occupations	7	21	11	6	16	480	270	690
Process, plant and machine operatives	8	35	18	12	25	840	560	1120
Elementary occupations	9	33	17	11	23	500	330	680
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)		322	170	151	189	580	520	650
Other job caused illness#		81	43	33	52	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)		403	213	192	234	730	660	800

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.

• Definitions and data reliability.
• Tables are available for earlier years, but rates are presented as 'rates per 100 workers'.
• See Table ULNOCC2SIG for tests of statistical significance