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Table WRIOCC6 - 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 occupational major and sub-major group.

Occupation description + Major or sub-major group 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
Managers and senior officials 1 124 2037 1411 2663 0.50 0.35 0.66
Corporate managers 11 99 1482 981 1982 0.46 0.30 0.61
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services 12 25 555 179 932 0.67 0.22 1.12
Professional occupations 2 143 2094 1435 2753 0.67 0.46 0.88
Science and technology professionals 21 26 301 110 491 0.33 0.12 0.54
Health professionals 22 10 * * * * * *
Teaching and research professionals 23 72 1358 761 1955 1.24 0.70 1.79
Business and public service professionals 24 35 292 138 446 0.34 0.16 0.53
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 176 3152 2290 4015 0.92 0.67 1.17
Science and technology associate professionals 31 17 * * * * * *
Health and social welfare associate professionals 32 77 869 495 1243 1.02 0.58 1.46
Protective service occupations 33 20 563 185 942 1.69 0.56 2.82
Culture, media and sports occupations 34 13 * * * * * *
Business and public service associate professionals 35 49 1055 529 1581 0.79 0.40 1.19
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 102 1776 1218 2333 0.70 0.48 0.92
Administrative occupations 41 78 1177 764 1590 0.60 0.39 0.80
Secretarial and related occupations 42 24 599 224 973 1.07 0.40 1.73
Skilled trades occupations 5 142 2705 1834 3577 0.92 0.62 1.21
Skilled agricultural trades 51 11 * * * * * *
Skilled metal and electrical trades 52 50 969 429 1508 0.88 0.39 1.37
Skilled construction and building trades 53 60 1294 650 1938 1.17 0.59 1.76
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades 54 21 311 120 501 0.67 0.26 1.08
Personal service occupations 6 84 1457 957 1957 0.93 0.61 1.25
Caring personal service occupations 61 64 992 617 1368 0.84 0.52 1.16
Leisure and other personal service occupations 62 20 465 134 795 1.21 0.35 2.07
Sales and customer service occupations 7 60 1224 671 1778 0.92 0.51 1.34
Sales occupations 71 41 554 284 824 0.53 0.27 0.79
Customer service occupations 72 19 * * * * * *
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 80 2768 1707 3830 1.40 0.86 1.94
Process, plant and machine operatives 81 37 861 401 1321 0.92 0.43 1.41
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 82 43 1907 950 2864 1.83 0.91 2.75
Elementary occupations 9 99 2374 1560 3189 1.10 0.72 1.48
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations 91 35 753 340 1166 0.95 0.43 1.47
Elementary administration and service occupations 92 64 1621 919 2324 1.19 0.68 1.71
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   1010 19589 17359 21818 0.85 0.75 0.94
Other job caused or made illness worse#   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 4 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for details of Standard Occupational Classification

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

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