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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.
lower upper 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.

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