Health and Safety Executive

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
central 95% C.I. central 95% C.I.
lower upper 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.


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