Table WRISIZE6 - 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, for small, medium and large workplaces.

Workplace size +	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.
		central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job
Small (less than 50 employees)^~	468	8723	7204	10241	0.72	0.60	0.85
Medium (50-249 employees)	243	4405	3444	5366	0.92	0.72	1.12
Large (250+ employees)	276	5773	4544	7002	1.06	0.84	1.29
Missing/unknown	23	..	..	..	..	..	..
All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job)	1010	19589	17359	21818	0.85	0.75	0.94
Other job caused or made illness worse, workplace size unknown#	215	4730	3627	5833	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)	1225	24319	21829	26809	1.05	0.94	1.16

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.

$ 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.

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

Definitions and data reliability.