• 2006/07
• 2005/06
• 2004/05
• 2003/04
• 2001/02

Occupation description +		Major, sub-major or minor group	Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
			Sample cases	Estimated prevalence (thousands)			Rate per 100 000 employed in the last 12 months
				central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
					lower	upper		lower	upper
Managers and senior officials		1	228	125	109	142	2910	2530	3290
Corporate managers		11	176	96	82	111	2800	2390	3210
	Corporate managers and senior officials	111	6	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Production managers	112	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Functional managers	113	62	35	26	43	2620	1960	3270
	Quality and customer care managers	114	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Financial institution and office managers	115	30	17	11	23	4010	2580	5450
	Managers in distribution, storage and retailing	116	33	18	12	24	3220	2120	4330
	Protective service officers	117	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Health and social services managers	118	17	*	*	*	*	*	*
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services		12	52	29	21	37	3360	2430	4290
	Managers in farming, horticulture, forestry and fishing	121	1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Managers and proprietors in hospitality and leisure services	122	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Managers and proprietors in other services industries	123	32	17	11	23	3340	2190	4490
Professional occupations		2	233	124	108	140	3370	2930	3800
Science and technology professionals		21	42	22	15	29	2200	1510	2890
	Science professionals	211	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Engineering professionals	212	27	14	9	19	3120	1940	4300
	Information and communication technology professionals	213	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health professionals		22	20	11	6	16	3520	1980	5070
Teaching and research professionals		23	107	56	45	66	3880	3150	4620
	Teaching professionals	231	103	53	43	64	3970	3200	4730
	Research professionals	232	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
Business and public service professionals		24	64	35	26	44	3770	2840	4690
	Legal professionals	241	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Business and statistical professionals	242	18	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Architects, town planners, surveyors	243	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public service professionals	244	22	12	7	18	6400	3700	9090
	Librarians and related professionals	245	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
Associate professional and technical occupations		3	282	153	134	171	3690	3260	4130
Science and technology associate professionals		31	30	16	10	21	3140	2020	4260
	Science and engineering technicians	311	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Draughtspersons and building inspectors	312	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	IT service delivery occupations	313	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health and social welfare associate professionals		32	115	60	49	71	5280	4320	6240
	Health associate professionals	321	85	43	34	53	6170	4870	7460
	Therapists	322	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Social welfare associate professionals	323	22	13	7	18	4420	2590	6250
Protective service occupations		33	30	16	10	22	4790	3100	6490
Culture, media and sports occupations		34	30	18	12	25	3000	1910	4100
	Artistic and literary occupations	341	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Design associate professionals	342	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Media associate professionals	343	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Sports and fitness occupations	344	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
Business and public service associate professionals		35	77	43	33	52	2740	2120	3370
	Transport associate professionals	351	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Legal associate professionals	352	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Business and finance associate professionals	353	25	14	9	20	2840	1720	3960
	Sales and related associate professionals	354	16	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Conservation associate professionals	355	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public service and other associate professionals	356	23	13	7	18	2800	1600	4010
Administrative and secretarial occupations		4	160	84	71	98	2360	2000	2730
Administrative occupations		41	115	61	50	73	2240	1830	2650
	Administrative occupations: government and related organisations	411	28	14	9	20	2660	1670	3640
	Administrative occupations: finance	412	38	20	13	26	2380	1620	3150
	Administrative occupations: records	413	25	14	8	19	2320	1410	3230
	Administrative occupations: communications	414	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Administrative occupations: general	415	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
Secretarial and related occupations		42	45	23	16	30	2780	1960	3590
Skilled trades occupations		5	248	138	120	155	4380	3840	4920
Skilled agricultural trades		51	28	15	9	21	5110	3230	7000
Skilled metal and electrical trades		52	81	43	34	53	3730	2920	4540
	Metal forming, welding and related trades	521	15	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Metal machining, fitting and instrument making trades	522	17	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Vehicle trades	523	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Electrical trades	524	35	18	12	25	4190	2820	5570
Skilled construction and building trades		53	100	57	46	68	4980	4020	5950
	Construction trades	531	73	42	32	51	4690	3620	5750
	Building trades	532	27	15	9	21	6040	3800	8270
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades		54	39	22	15	29	4120	2820	5420
	Textiles and garments trades	541	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Printing trades	542	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Food preparation trades	543	18	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Skilled trades not elsewhere classified	549	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
Personal service occupations		6	132	70	58	82	3010	2500	3530
Caring personal service occupations		61	102	53	42	63	2980	2390	3560
	Healthcare and related personal services	611	79	40	31	49	4060	3160	4950
	Childcare and related personal services	612	20	11	6	16	1470	820	2120
	Animal care services	613	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Leisure and other personal service occupations		62	30	17	11	23	3130	2010	4260
	Leisure and travel service occupations	621	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Hairdressers and related occupations	622	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Housekeeping occupations	623	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Personal services occupations not elsewhere classified	629	1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Sales and customer service occupations		7	98	54	43	65	2280	1830	2730
Sales occupations		71	72	39	30	48	1980	1520	2440
	Sales assistants and retail cashiers	711	58	32	23	40	1810	1340	2280
	Sales related occupations	712	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
Customer service occupations		72	26	15	9	21	3750	2310	5180
Process, plant and machine operatives		8	129	71	59	84	3260	2690	3830
Process, plant and machine operatives		81	64	34	26	43	3170	2390	3940
	Process operatives	811	23	12	7	17	3450	2040	4850
	Plant and machine operatives	812	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Assemblers and routine operatives	813	23	12	7	18	3540	2100	4990
	Construction operatives	814	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives		82	65	37	28	46	3350	2540	4170
	Transport drivers and operatives	821	57	33	24	42	3500	2590	4420
	Mobile machine drivers and operatives	822	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
Elementary occupations		9	151	82	69	96	2380	2000	2770
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations		91	53	29	21	37	2920	2130	3700
	Elementary agricultural occupations	911	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary construction occupations	912	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary process plant occupations	913	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary goods storage occupations	914	25	14	8	20	3480	2110	4840
Elementary administration and service occupations		92	98	54	43	65	2170	1740	2610
	Elementary administration occupations	921	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary personal services occupations	922	25	14	9	20	1510	910	2100
	Elementary cleaning occupations	923	31	16	10	22	2200	1420	2980
	Elementary security occupations	924	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary sales occupations	925	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)			1661	902	857	946	3090	2940	3240
Other job caused or made illness worse#			450	245	222	268	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)			2111	1147	1096	1197	3930	3760	4100

Notes:

..  Not applicable.

*  Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

+ Details of Standard Occupational Classification (1992)

# 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.

• Definitions and data reliability.
• See Table WRIOCC2SIG for tests of statistical significance