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.
				central	lower	upper	central	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.