Health and Safety Executive

Table WDLINDSIG - Illness

Comparison of estimated 2001/02, 2004/05 and 2005/06 days lost per (full-time equivalent) worker due to self-reported illness caused or made worse by the current or most recent job, by industry, for people working in the last 12 months.

Other tables in this set:

Industry description Section Whether rates statistically significantly higher/lower than average across all industries Whether 2005/06 rates statistically significantly higher/lower than
2005/06 2004/05 2001/02
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 Lower Lower Lower
Construction F No No No
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H No No No
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles,
motorcycles and personal and household goods
G No No No
  Hotels and restaurants H No# No# No#
Transport, storage and communication I Higher No No
Finance and business J&K Lower Lower Lower
  Financial intermediation J No Lower No
  Real estate, renting and business activities K Lower No Lower
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L No Lower Lower
Education M No No No
Health and social work N No Lower Lower
Other community, social and personal service activities O No No No
Other P&Q * * *
  Private households with employed persons P * * *
All industries   .. Lower Lower

Notes

..  Not applicable.

*  Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

#  Rates based on fewer than 40 sample cases.


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