Table WRIIND6 - 2005/06

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work and associated average days lost per (full-time equivalent) worker due to a self-reported illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by industry section.

Industry description +		Section	Illness ascribed to the current or most recent job
			Sample cases $	Days lost (thousands)			Average days lost per worker
				central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
				central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing		A&B	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Agriculture, hunting and forestry	A	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
Extractive and utility supply		C&E	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Mining and quarrying	C	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Electricity, gas and water supply	E	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
Manufacturing		D	115	1923	1351	2496	0.58	0.41	0.76
Construction		F	90	2538	1560	3517	1.18	0.73	1.64
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants		G&H	150	2741	1985	3498	0.69	0.50	0.88
	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods	G	124	2154	1517	2792	0.68	0.48	0.89
	Hotels and restaurants	H	26	*587*	180	994	*0.73*	0.22	1.23
Transport, storage and communication		I	88	2897	1807	3987	1.65	1.03	2.26
Finance and business		J&K	117	1606	1042	2170	0.42	0.27	0.57
	Financial intermediation	J	42	565	223	907	0.55	0.22	0.88
	Real estate, renting and business activities	K	75	1041	593	1490	0.37	0.21	0.53
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		L	90	1720	1113	2326	1.01	0.65	1.36
Education		M	102	1775	1107	2443	0.95	0.60	1.31
Health and social work		N	175	2882	2146	3618	1.08	0.80	1.35
Other community, social and personal service activities		O	56	1167	697	1637	0.98	0.59	1.37
Other		P&Q	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Private households with employed persons	P	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)			1010	19589	17359	21818	0.85	0.75	0.94
Other job caused illness#			215	4730	3627	5833	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)			1225	24319	21829	26809	1.05	0.94	1.16

Notes:

.. Not applicable.

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

$ For people taking time off work.

# 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.

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

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 40 sample cases.