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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.
lower upper 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.


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