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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.
lower upper lower upper
Illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job         
Small (less than 50 employees)~ 822 449418481 288026803080
Medium (50-249 employees) 378203 182224343030903780
Large (250+ employees) 426229 207252352031803860
Missing/unknown 35.. .... .... ..
All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job) 1661902857946 309029403240
Other job caused or made illness worse, workplace size unknown# 450 245222268 .... ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job) 2111 114710961197 393037604100

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.


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