Table WRISIZE2 - 2005/06

Estimated prevalence and rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job, for small, medium and large workplaces, for people working in the last 12 months.

Workplace size +	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.
		central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job
Small (less than 50 employees)~	822	449	418	481	2880	2680	3080
Medium (50-249 employees)	378	203	182	224	3430	3090	3780
Large (250+ employees)	426	229	207	252	3520	3180	3860
Missing/unknown	35	..	..	..	..	..	..
All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job)	1661	902	857	946	3090	2940	3240
Other job caused or made illness worse, workplace size unknown#	450	245	222	268	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)	2111	1147	1096	1197	3930	3760	4100

Notes:

.. Not applicable

~ Includes those who are self employed on their own or with partners who have no employees.

+ Relates to the number of people at their workplace, which is not necessarily the same as the number of people working for the company.

# 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.

Individuals who gave the response 'Don't know but between 50 and 499' have been coded as missing/unknown.

Definitions and data reliability.