Table WRIIND2 - 2005/06

Estimated prevalence and rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by industry section, for people working in the last 12 months.

Industry description +		Section	Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
			Sample cases	Estimated prevalence (thousands)			Rate per 100 000 employed in the last 12 months
				Estimated prevalence (thousands)			Rate per 100 000 employed in the last 12 months
				central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
				central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing		A&B	26	13	8	19	*3640*	2240	5030
	Agriculture, hunting and forestry	A	25	13	8	18	*3620*	2200	5040
	Fishing	B	1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Extractive and utility supply		C&E	20	10	6	15	*3650*	2070	5220
	Mining and quarrying	C	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Electricity, gas and water supply	E	18	*	*	*	*	*	*
Manufacturing		D	206	110	95	125	2900	2500	3300
Construction		F	152	86	72	100	3760	3170	4360
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants		G&H	257	142	124	160	2500	2180	2810
	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods	G	212	116	100	133	2630	2270	2980
	Hotels and restaurants	H	45	26	18	34	2040	1420	2670
Transport, storage and communication		I	126	71	58	83	3590	2960	4220
Finance and business		J&K	205	112	97	128	2440	2110	2780
	Financial intermediation	J	68	38	29	48	3020	2300	3740
	Real estate, renting and business activities	K	137	74	61	87	2220	1850	2600
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		L	138	73	61	85	3590	2990	4190
Education		M	143	75	63	88	2800	2330	3260
Health and social work		N	285	150	133	168	4140	3660	4630
Other community, social and personal service activities		O	96	54	43	65	3270	2620	3930
Other		P&Q	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Private households with employed persons	P	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)			1661	902	857	946	3090	2940	3240
Other job caused illness#			450	245	222	268	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)			2111	1147	1096	1197	3930	3760	4100

Notes

.. Not applicable

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

+ See Appendix 5 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for details of Standard Industrial 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.