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Table WRIIND6 - 2006/07

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, by industry section.

Industry description + Section 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.
lower upper lower upper
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing A&B 20 267 46 488 0.76 0.13 1.39
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 19 * * * * * *
  Fishing B 1 * * * * * *
Extractive and utility supply C&E 19 * * * * * *
  Mining and quarrying C 4 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 15 * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 133 2729 1895 3563 0.84 0.58 1.09
Construction F 97 1845 1209 2480 0.84 0.55 1.13
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H 170 3334 2425 4243 0.85 0.62 1.08
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 138 2591 1814 3369 0.85 0.59 1.10
  Hotels and restaurants H 32 743 272 1214 0.86 0.31 1.40
Transport, storage and communication I 92 2321 1476 3165 1.31 0.84 1.79
Finance and business J&K 162 3173 2258 4088 0.81 0.57 1.04
  Financial intermediation J 47 1161 599 1724 1.12 0.58 1.66
  Real estate, renting and business activities K 115 2012 1290 2733 0.70 0.45 0.95
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 122 2795 1944 3646 1.68 1.17 2.19
Education M 125 2257 1511 3003 1.23 0.82 1.63
Health and social work N 235 4390 3399 5380 1.73 1.34 2.12
Other community, social and personal service activities O 65 1127 549 1706 0.93 0.45 1.40
Other P&Q 3 * * * * * *
  Private households with employed persons P 3 * * * * * *
Missing   3 .. .. .. .. .. ..
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   1246 24583 22106 27059 1.06 0.96 1.17
Other job caused or made illness worse#   229 5381 4066 6695 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   1475 29963 27155 32771 1.30 1.18 1.42

Notes:

.. Not applicable.

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

$ For people taking time off work.

+ 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 40 sample cases.

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Updated 16.11.09