• 2006/07
• 2005/06

Days lost due to illness or injuries	Occupation description+	Major or sub-major group	Illness or injury 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
Illnesses	Managers and senior officials	1	124	2037	1411	2663	0.50	0.35	0.66
	Corporate managers	11	99	1482	981	1982	0.46	0.30	0.61
	Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services	12	25	555	179	932	0.67	0.22	1.12
	Professional occupations	2	143	2094	1435	2753	0.67	0.46	0.88
	Science and technology professionals	21	26	301	110	491	0.33	0.12	0.54
	Health professionals	22	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Teaching and research professionals	23	72	1358	761	1955	1.24	0.70	1.79
	Business and public service professionals	24	35	292	138	446	0.34	0.16	0.53
	Associate professional and technical occupations	3	176	3152	2290	4015	0.92	0.67	1.17
	Science and technology associate professionals	31	17	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Health and social welfare associate professionals	32	77	869	495	1243	1.02	0.58	1.46
	Protective service occupations	33	20	563	185	942	1.69	0.56	2.82
	Culture, media and sports occupations	34	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Business and public service associate professionals	35	49	1055	529	1581	0.79	0.40	1.19
	Administrative and secretarial occupations	4	102	1776	1218	2333	0.70	0.48	0.92
	Administrative occupations	41	78	1177	764	1590	0.60	0.39	0.80
	Secretarial and related occupations	42	24	599	224	973	1.07	0.40	1.73
	Skilled trades occupations	5	142	2705	1834	3577	0.92	0.62	1.21
	Skilled agricultural trades	51	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Skilled metal and electrical trades	52	50	969	429	1508	0.88	0.39	1.37
	Skilled construction and building trades	53	60	1294	650	1938	1.17	0.59	1.76
	Textiles, printing and other skilled trades	54	21	311	120	501	0.67	0.26	1.08
	Personal service occupations	6	84	1457	957	1957	0.93	0.61	1.25
	Caring personal service occupations	61	64	992	617	1368	0.84	0.52	1.16
	Leisure and other personal service occupations	62	20	465	134	795	1.21	0.35	2.07
	Sales and customer service occupations	7	60	1224	671	1778	0.92	0.51	1.34
	Sales occupations	71	41	554	284	824	0.53	0.27	0.79
	Customer service occupations	72	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Process, plant and machine operatives	8	80	2768	1707	3830	1.40	0.86	1.94
	Process, plant and machine operatives	81	37	861	401	1321	0.92	0.43	1.41
	Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives	82	43	1907	950	2864	1.83	0.91	2.75
	Elementary occupations	9	99	2374	1560	3189	1.10	0.72	1.48
	Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations	91	35	753	340	1166	0.95	0.43	1.47
	Elementary administration and service occupations	92	64	1621	919	2324	1.19	0.68	1.71
	All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)		1010	19589	17359	21818	0.85	0.75	0.94
	Other job caused illness#		215	4730	3627	5833	..	..	..
	Total (illness ascribed to any job)		1225	24319	21829	26809	1.05	0.94	1.16
Injuries	Managers and senior officials	1	59	333	175	491	0.082	0.043	0.12
	Corporate managers	11	41	199	94	303	0.062	0.029	0.094
	Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services	12	18	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Professional occupations	2	52	195	53	337	0.062	0.017	0.11
	Science and technology professionals	21	17	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Health professionals	22	1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Teaching and research professionals	23	22	29	6	52	0.027	0.0057	0.048
	Business and public service professionals	24	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Associate professional and technical occupations	3	114	729	464	994	0.21	0.14	0.29
	Science and technology associate professionals	31	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Health and social welfare associate professionals	32	36	217	94	341	0.26	0.11	0.40
	Protective service occupations	33	35	272	97	446	0.82	0.30	1.34
	Culture, media and sports occupations	34	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Business and public service associate professionals	35	17	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Administrative and secretarial occupations	4	36	122	39	205	0.048	0.016	0.081
	Administrative occupations	41	31	101	22	181	0.051	0.011	0.091
	Secretarial and related occupations	42	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Skilled trades occupations	5	204	1359	921	1798	0.46	0.31	0.61
	Skilled agricultural trades	51	27	149	34	264	0.53	0.12	0.94
	Skilled metal and electrical trades	52	83	600	320	879	0.54	0.29	0.79
	Skilled construction and building trades	53	64	519	206	832	0.47	0.19	0.75
	Textiles, printing and other skilled trades	54	30	92	38	145	0.20	0.083	0.31
	Personal service occupations	6	89	483	303	662	0.31	0.19	0.42
	Caring personal service occupations	61	77	450	272	627	0.38	0.23	0.53
	Leisure and other personal service occupations	62	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Sales and customer service occupations	7	42	258	55	462	0.19	0.042	0.35
	Sales occupations	71	36	247	44	450	0.24	0.043	0.43
	Customer service occupations	72	6	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Process, plant and machine operatives	8	133	1129	593	1665	0.57	0.30	0.84
	Process, plant and machine operatives	81	69	707	253	1160	0.76	0.27	1.24
	Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives	82	64	423	137	708	0.41	0.13	0.68
	Elementary occupations	9	155	981	690	1271	0.45	0.32	0.59
	Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations	91	64	482	287	677	0.61	0.36	0.85
	Elementary administration and service occupations	92	91	499	283	715	0.37	0.21	0.52
	All occupations (injury sustained in current or most recent job)		884	5589	4715	6463	0.24	0.20	0.28
	Other job caused injury#		70	550	307	794	..	..	..
	Total (injury sustained in any job)		954	6139	5232	7047	0.26	0.23	0.30
Illnesses and/or injuries	Managers and senior officials	1	177	2370	1720	3021	0.58	0.42	0.74
	Corporate managers	11	137	1680	1166	2194	0.52	0.36	0.68
	Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services	12	40	690	291	1089	0.83	0.35	1.30
	Professional occupations	2	192	2289	1615	2963	0.73	0.51	0.94
	Science and technology professionals	21	43	364	168	560	0.40	0.19	0.62
	Health professionals	22	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Teaching and research professionals	23	94	1387	790	1985	1.27	0.72	1.82
	Business and public service professionals	24	44	393	190	595	0.46	0.23	0.70
	Associate professional and technical occupations	3	282	3881	2972	4791	1.13	0.86	1.39
	Science and technology associate professionals	31	30	411	69	754	0.96	0.16	1.76
	Health and social welfare associate professionals	32	109	1087	684	1490	1.28	0.81	1.75
	Protective service occupations	33	51	835	410	1260	2.51	1.24	3.77
	Culture, media and sports occupations	34	26	361	91	632	0.73	0.19	1.27
	Business and public service associate professionals	35	66	1187	645	1730	0.89	0.48	1.30
	Administrative and secretarial occupations	4	136	1898	1334	2462	0.75	0.53	0.97
	Administrative occupations	41	107	1278	857	1699	0.65	0.43	0.86
	Secretarial and related occupations	42	29	620	244	995	1.10	0.44	1.77
	Skilled trades occupations	5	339	4065	3087	5043	1.38	1.05	1.71
	Skilled agricultural trades	51	38	281	104	457	1.01	0.38	1.63
	Skilled metal and electrical trades	52	131	1568	960	2176	1.42	0.87	1.97
	Skilled construction and building trades	53	121	1813	1095	2531	1.64	0.99	2.29
	Textiles, printing and other skilled trades	54	49	403	200	605	0.87	0.43	1.30
	Personal service occupations	6	166	1940	1407	2472	1.24	0.90	1.58
	Caring personal service occupations	61	134	1442	1025	1859	1.22	0.87	1.57
	Leisure and other personal service occupations	62	32	498	166	829	1.30	0.43	2.16
	Sales and customer service occupations	7	100	1483	893	2072	1.12	0.67	1.56
	Sales occupations	71	76	801	464	1138	0.77	0.45	1.09
	Customer service occupations	72	24	682	198	1165	2.39	0.69	4.08
	Process, plant and machine operatives	8	209	3898	2706	5089	1.97	1.37	2.57
	Process, plant and machine operatives	81	105	1568	921	2214	1.68	0.98	2.37
	Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives	82	104	2330	1329	3331	2.24	1.28	3.19
	Elementary occupations	9	249	3355	2485	4224	1.56	1.15	1.96
	Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations	91	97	1235	770	1700	1.55	0.97	2.14
	Elementary administration and service occupations	92	152	2120	1385	2855	1.56	1.02	2.10
	All occupations (illness or injury associated with the current or most recent job)		1850	25178	22778	27578	1.09	0.98	1.19
	Illness or injury associated with other job#		282	5280	4151	6410	..	..	..
	Total (Illness or injury associated with any job)		2129	30458	27801	33115	1.31	1.20	1.43

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 or injury was ascribed and those who said their illness or injury was ascribed to a job other than their current or most recent in the last 12 months.

+ See Appendix 4 in the SWI04/05 report (at http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/swi/swi0405.pdf) for details of Standard Occupational Classification

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

Estimated days lost and days lost per worker due to workplace injuries include all those sustained as a result of a non-road traffic accident, not just reportable injuries resulting in over 3 days of absence from work.

For any given occupation, the sample numbers for illnesses and injuries may not sum to the total, as some cases took time off due to both illnesses and injuries.

Sample numbers for ‘All occupations’ and ‘Illness or injury associated with other job’ do not sum to the ‘Total’, as 6 sample cases reported a work-related illness and a workplace injury which were caused by different jobs.

• Definitions and data reliability.
• Tables are available for earlier years.
• See Table WDLOCCSIG for tests of statistical significance