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Table WRIIND4_3YR

Estimated incidence and rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by industry, for people working in the last 12 months, averaged 2003/04-2005/06.

Industry description + Section, division, group or class^ Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
Sample cases Averaged estimated incidence (thousands) Averaged 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 24 4 2 6 1120 670 1570
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 24 4 2 6 1160 700 1630
    Agriculture, hunting and related service activities 1 24 4 2 6 1210 720 1690
Extractive and utility supply C&E 25 4 3 6 1500 920 2090
  Mining and quarrying C 6 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 19 * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 305 52 46 59 1360 1200 1510
Construction F 175 32 27 36 1410 1200 1620
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H 409 73 66 81 1250 1130 1380
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 329 59 52 65 1290 1150 1430
    Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; retail sale of automative fuel 50 47 9 6 11 1560 1100 2030
      Sale of motor vehicles, parts, fuel 50.1,3,5 20 4 2 5 1430 770 2090
      Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 50.2 25 5 3 7 1620 960 2270
      Motorcycle sale, maintenance and repair etc 50.4 2 * * * * * *
    Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 51 48 9 6 11 1220 870 1570
    Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles: repair of personal and household goods 52 234 41 36 47 1260 1090 1420
      Retail trade 52.1-6 230 41 35 46 1260 1100 1430
      Repair of personal, household goods 52.7 4 * * * * * *
  Hotels and restaurants H 80 15 11 18 1120 870 1380
Transport, storage and communication I 201 36 31 41 1850 1590 2110
    Land transport; transport via pipelines 60 44 8 5 10 1180 830 1530
    Water transport 61 4 * * * * * *
    Air transport 62 7 * * * * * *
    Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agencies 63 54 10 7 12 1650 1200 2100
    Post and telecommunications 64 92 17 13 20 2700 2150 3260
      Post and courier activities 64.1 57 11 8 14 3080 2280 3880
      Telecommunications 64.2 35 6 4 8 2220 1480 2960
Finance and business J&K 381 69 62 76 1500 1350 1660
  Financial intermediation J 134 24 20 29 1940 1610 2270
    Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding 65 89 16 13 19 2110 1670 2550
    Insurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security 66 12 * * * * * *
    Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation 67 33 6 4 8 1500 990 2010
  Real estate, renting and business activities K 247 44 39 50 1340 1170 1510
    Real estate activities 70 34 6 4 8 1430 930 1920
    Renting of machinery and equipment without operator and of personal and household goods 71 11 * * * * * *
    Computer and related activities 72 40 7 5 10 1390 950 1830
    Research and development 73 10 * * * * * *
    Other business activities 74 152 27 23 32 1270 1060 1470
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 241 42 37 47 2140 1870 2420
      Administration of the State and the economic and social policy of the community 75.1 131 22 19 26 2020 1670 2380
      General (overall) public service activities 75.11 51 8 6 11 1550 1120 1980
      Regulation of activities of agencies that provide health care, education, cultural services and other social services excluding social security 75.12 60 11 8 13 2400 1780 3010
      Regulation of and contribution to more efficient operation of business 75.13 15 * * * * * *
      Supporting service activities for the Government as a whole 75.14 5 * * * * * *
      Defence, justice, law, fire, foreign affairs etc 75.2 96 17 14 21 2260 1800 2710
      Compulsory Social Security activities 75.3 14 * * * * * *
Education M 273 46 41 52 1750 1540 1960
      Primary education 80.1 75 13 10 16 1300 1000 1600
      Secondary education 80.2 122 21 17 24 2140 1760 2530
      Higher education 80.3 61 10 8 13 1970 1480 2470
      Adult and other education 80.4 15 * * * * * *
Health and social work N 470 80 72 87 2270 2060 2480
      Human health activities 85.1 265 44 39 50 2210 1940 2470
      Hospital activities 85.11 201 34 29 39 2340 2010 2670
      Medical practice activities 85.12 23 4 2 5 1630 960 2290
      Dental practice activities 85.13 4 * * * * * *
      Other human health activities 85.14 37 6 4 8 2370 1600 3130
      Veterinary activities 85.2 2 * * * * * *
      Social work activities 85.3 203 35 30 40 2400 2060 2730
      Social work activities with accommodation 85.31 83 14 11 17 2900 2280 3530
      Social work activities without accommodation 85.32 120 20 17 24 2140 1750 2530
Other community, social and personal service activities O 151 27 23 32 1670 1400 1950
    Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation and similar activities 90 20 4 2 5 2590 1460 3720
    Activities of membership organisations not elsewhere classified 91 25 5 3 7 2230 1320 3130
    Recreational, cultural and sporting activities 92 75 14 11 17 1540 1180 1900
    Other service activities 93 31 5 3 7 1350 870 1830
Other P&Q 10 * * * * * *
  Private households with employed persons P 8 * * * * * *
  Extra-territorial organisations and bodies Q 2 * * * * * *
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   2665 468 449 486 1610 1550 1670
Other job caused illness #   342 60 54 66 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   3007 528 508 547 1820 1750 1880

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.

^Within industry sections, some divisional, group and class information has been provided where some of the categories have sufficiently large sample cases to provide reliable estimates.

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases.

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