Table WRIIND2 - 2006/07

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

Industry description +		Section	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
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing		A&B	34	18	12	25	5010	3320	6700
	Agriculture, hunting and forestry	A	32	17	11	23	4890	3180	6590
	Fishing	B	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
Extractive and utility supply		C&E	32	18	11	24	5510	3620	7400
	Mining and quarrying	C	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Electricity, gas and water supply	E	23	13	7	18	6080	3620	8540
Manufacturing		D	230	128	111	145	3440	2990	3880
Construction		F	161	90	75	104	3870	3260	4470
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants		G&H	278	159	139	178	2800	2460	3130
	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods	G	221	125	108	142	2900	2510	3290
	Hotels and restaurants	H	57	33	24	42	2470	1820	3120
Transport, storage and communication		I	130	73	60	86	3730	3090	4370
Finance and business		J&K	274	156	137	175	3290	2900	3690
	Financial intermediation	J	72	40	30	49	3140	2410	3860
	Real estate, renting and business activities	K	202	117	100	133	3350	2880	3820
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		L	177	95	81	109	4730	4030	5420
Education		M	220	119	103	135	4430	3840	5010
Health and social work		N	380	205	184	226	5790	5210	6370
Other community, social and personal service activities		O	127	72	59	84	4260	3500	5010
Other		P&Q	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Private households with employed persons	P	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
Workplace outside UK			1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Missing			4	..	..	..	..	..	..
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)			2057	1140	1090	1191	3900	3730	4070
Other job caused or made illness worse#			450	244	221	267	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)			2507	1384	1329	1440	4740	4550	4920

Notes:

.. Not applicable.

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

+ Details of Standard Industrial Classification (1992)

# 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.