Health and Safety Executive

Table WRIOCC4 - 2005/06

Estimated incidence and rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by occupational major and sub-major group, for people working in the last 12 months.

Occupation description + Major or sub-major group 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.
lower upper lower upper
Managers and senior officials 1 122 67 55 79 1550 1280 1830
Corporate managers 11 91 50 39 60 1440 1140 1740
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services 12 31 17 11 23 2020 1300 2730
Professional occupations 2 110 58 47 70 1590 1290 1880
Science and technology professionals 21 19 * * * * * *
Health professionals 22 11 * * * * * *
Teaching and research professionals 23 49 26 18 33 1800 1300 2310
Business and public service professionals 24 31 16 11 22 1770 1140 2390
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 138 76 63 89 1840 1530 2160
Science and technology associate professionals 31 12 * * * * * *
Health and social welfare associate professionals 32 51 27 19 34 2340 1690 2980
Protective service occupations 33 14 * * * * * *
Culture, media and sports occupations 34 14 * * * * * *
Business and public service associate professionals 35 47 27 19 35 1730 1220 2230
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 82 44 34 54 1230 960 1510
Administrative occupations 41 63 34 25 42 1240 930 1550
Secretarial and related occupations 42 19 * * * * * *
Skilled trades occupations 5 89 50 40 61 1600 1260 1930
Skilled agricultural trades 51 6 * * * * * *
Skilled metal and electrical trades 52 27 15 9 20 1250 770 1720
Skilled construction and building trades 53 39 23 15 30 1990 1360 2620
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades 54 17 * * * * * *
Personal service occupations 6 71 37 28 46 1610 1230 1990
Caring personal service occupations 61 57 30 22 38 1660 1220 2110
Leisure and other personal service occupations 62 14 * * * * * *
Sales and customer service occupations 7 47 27 19 35 1140 810 1470
Sales occupations 71 34 19 13 26 990 650 1320
Customer service occupations 72 13 * * * * * *
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 48 27 19 35 1240 890 1600
Process, plant and machine operatives 81 22 12 7 17 1110 640 1590
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 82 26 15 9 21 1370 830 1900
Elementary occupations 9 71 39 30 49 1140 870 1410
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations 91 19 * * * * * *
Elementary administration and service occupations 92 52 29 21 37 1160 840 1480
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   778 427 396 458 1460 1360 1570
Other job caused or made illness worse#   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.

+ Details of Standard Occupational Classification (2000)

# 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.

See Table WRIOCC4SIG for tests of statistical significance.

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Updated 14.09.09