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.
				central	lower	upper	central	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.