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Table WRIIND4 - 2005/06

Estimated incidence 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 incidence (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 5 * * * * * *
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 5 * * * * * *
Extractive and utility supply C&E 12 * * * * * *
  Mining and quarrying C 2 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 10 * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 77 42 32 51 1100 850 1350
Construction F 56 32 24 41 1410 1040 1780
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants  G&H 127 72 59 85 1250 1030 1480
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 100 56 44 67 1250 1000 1500
  Hotels and restaurants H 27 16 10 23 1270 760 1770
Transport, storage and communication I 61 35 26 44 1780 1330 2230
Finance and business J&K 117 65 53 77 1410 1150 1660
  Financial intermediation J 44 25 18 33 1980 1390 2580
  Real estate, renting and business activities K 73 40 30 49 1190 910 1460
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 62 33 25 42 1640 1220 2050
Education M 67 35 27 44 1320 1000 1630
Health and social work N 139 73 60 85 2010 1670 2350
Other community, social and personal service activities O 53 30 22 38 1810 1320 2300
Other P&Q 2 * * * * * *
  Private households with employed persons P 2 * * * * * *
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   778 427 396 458 1460 1360 1570
Other job caused illness#   94 53 42 63 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   872 480 447 512 1640 1530 1750

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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