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Table WRIIND4_3YR - Averaged 2004/05 - 2006/07

Estimated incidence and rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by industry, for people working in the last 12 months, averaged 2004/05-2006/07.

Note: Comparison of averaged 3 year estimates over time involving estimates based on overlapping time periods will not provide a robust indication of change over time.

Industry description + Section, division, group or class^ Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
Sample cases Averaged estimated incidence (thousands) Averaged 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 28 5 3 7 1370 860 1890
Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 26 5 3 6 1310 800 1820
Agriculture, hunting and related service activities 1 26 5 3 6 1360 840 1890
Fishing B 2 * * * * * *
Extractive and utility supply C&E 35 6 4 8 2130 1420 2830
Mining and quarrying C 10 * * * * * *
Electricity, gas and water supply E 25 5 3 6 2410 1460 3360
Manufacturing D 290 52 46 58 1380 1220 1540
Construction F 174 33 28 38 1440 1220 1650
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H 403 75 67 82 1300 1170 1430
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 331 61 54 68 1370 1220 1520
Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; retail sale of automative fuel 50 47 9 6 11 1610 1140 2080
Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 51 49 9 6 12 1300 930 1660
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles: repair of personal and household goods 52 235 43 37 49 1340 1170 1520
  Retail trade 52.1-6 231 42 37 48 1340 1170 1520
  Repair of personal, household goods 52.7 4 * * * * * *
Hotels and restaurants H 72 14 10 17 1050 800 1300
Transport, storage and communication I 186 35 29 40 1760 1500 2020
Land transport; transport via pipelines 60 44 8 6 11 1250 870 1620
Water transport 61 3 * * * * * *
Air transport 62 8 * * * * * *
Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agencies 63 57 11 8 14 1790 1320 2270
Post and telecommunications 64 74 13 10 17 2150 1640 2660
  Post and courier activities 64.1 45 8 6 11 2360 1670 3050
    National post activities 64.11 31 5 3 7 2670 1450 3020
    Courier activities (not national post) 64.12 14 * * * * * *
  Telecommunications 64.2 29 5 3 7 1890 1140 2650
Finance and business J&K 395 72 65 80 1560 1410 1720
Financial intermediation J 130 24 20 28 1910 1580 2240
Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding 65 79 15 11 18 1900 1470 2320
  Monetary intermediation 65.1 65 12 9 15 2130 1610 2660
  Other financial intermediation 65.2 14 * * * * * *
Insurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security 66 15 * * * * * *
Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation 67 36 6 4 9 1630 1080 2170
  Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding 67.1 11 * * * * * *
  Activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding 67.2 25 4 3 6 1680 990 2360
Real estate, renting and business activities K 265 48 42 55 1440 1260 1610
Real estate activities 70 42 7 5 10 1610 1100 2120
Renting of machinery and equipment without operator and of personal and household goods 71 8 * * * * * *
Computer and related activities 72 46 8 6 11 1600 1130 2060
Research and development 73 11 * * * * * *
Other business activities 74 158 29 24 34 1330 1120 1540
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 241 43 38 49 2170 1890 2440
  Administration of the State and the economic and social policy of the community 75.1 136 25 20 29 2140 1770 2500
    General (overall) public service activities 75.11 53 9 7 12 2610 1180 2110
    Regulation of activities of agencies that provide health care, education, cultural services and other social services excluding social security 75.12 65 12 9 15 2600 1970 3250
    Regulation of and contribution to more efficient operation of business 75.13 13 * * * * * *
    Supporting service activities for the Government as a whole 75.14 5 * * * * * *
  Defence, justice, law, fire, foreign affairs etc 75.2 91 16 13 20 2130 1700 2570
  Compulsory Social Security activities 75.3 14 * * * * * *
Education M 267 47 41 53 1760 1540 1980
  Primary education 80.1 85 15 12 19 1530 1200 1870
    Primary education, state, maintained 80.1 (state maintained) 73 13 10 16 1500 1180 1900
    General secondary education, private, non-maintained 80.1 (private) 12 * * * * * *
  Secondary education 80.2 111 20 16 23 2030 1650 2410
  Higher education 80.3 54 9 7 12 1790 1310 2260
    Sub-degree level higher education 80.301 9 * * * * * *
    First-degree and post-graduate level higher education 80.302+3 45 8 6 10 940 1280 2340
  Adult and other education 80.4 17 * * * * * *
Health and social work N 495 87 79 94 2440 2220 2660
  Human health activities 85.1 273 48 42 54 2340 2060 2620
    Hospital activities 85.11 202 35 30 40 1760 2100 2780
    Medical practice activities 85.12 24 4 2 6 1460 1050 2470
    Dental practice activities 85.13 6 * * * * * *
    Other human health activities 85.14 41 7 5 9 1370 1800 3380
  Veterinary activities 85.2 3 * * * * * *
  Social work activities 85.3 219 38 33 43 2600 2250 2950
    Social work activities with accommodation 85.31 77 13 10 16 2500 2180 3430
    Social work activities without accommodation 85.32 142 25 21 29 2880 2080 2920
Other community, social and personal service activities O 161 30 25 35 1820 1530 2110
Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation and similar activities 90 23 4 2 6 2880 1650 4110
Activities of membership organisations not elsewhere classified 91 20 4 2 6 1710 920 2490
Recreational, cultural and sporting activities 92 79 15 12 19 1720 1330 2110
Other service activities 93 39 7 5 9 1730 1190 2270
Other P&Q 9 * * * * * *
Private households with employed persons P 9 * * * * * *
Outside UK   1 * * * * * *
Missing   1 .. .. .. .. .. ..
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   2686 487 468 506 1670 1610 1740
Other job caused or made illness worse#   305 56 49 62 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   2991 543 523 563 1860 1790 1930

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.

^Within industry sections, some divisional, group and class information has been provided where some of the categories have sufficiently large sample cases to provide reliable estimates.

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases.