• 2006/07
• 2005/06
• 2004/05
• 2003/04
• 2001/02

Occupation description +		Major, sub-major or minor group	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
Managers and senior officials		1	292	162	143	181	3740	3310	4170
Corporate managers		11	227	126	109	142	3650	3180	4130
	Corporate managers and senior officials	111	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Production managers	112	39	21	14	27	3330	2290	4370
	Functional managers	113	78	44	34	54	3350	2610	4080
	Quality and customer care managers	114	15	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Financial institution and office managers	115	28	15	9	21	3470	2190	4750
	Managers in distribution, storage and retailing	116	34	20	13	27	3670	2420	4920
	Protective service officers	117	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Health and social services managers	118	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services		12	65	36	27	45	4080	3080	5070
	Managers in farming, horticulture, forestry and fishing	121	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Managers and proprietors in hospitality and leisure services	122	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Managers and proprietors in other services industries	123	48	27	19	35	5090	3660	6530
Professional occupations		2	276	150	132	168	3930	3470	4400
Science and technology professionals		21	50	28	20	36	2620	1890	3340
	Science professionals	211	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Engineering professionals	212	20	11	6	15	2260	1270	3250
	Information and communication technology professionals	213	22	13	7	18	2710	1580	3850
Health professionals		22	26	15	9	21	4450	2760	6140
	Health professionals	221	26	15	9	21	4450	2760	6140
Teaching and research professionals		23	151	80	67	93	5610	4730	6500
	Teaching professionals	231	149	79	66	92	5880	4950	6810
	Research professionals	232	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
Business and public service professionals		24	49	27	19	34	2730	1960	3510
	Legal professionals	241	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Business and statistical professionals	242	18	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Architects, town planners, surveyors	243	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public service professionals	244	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Librarians and related professionals	245	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Associate professional and technical occupations		3	366	204	183	226	5000	4490	5520
Science and technology associate professionals		31	30	17	11	23	3150	2010	4290
	Science and engineering technicians	311	20	11	6	16	4070	2270	5870
	Draughtspersons and building inspectors	312	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	IT service delivery occupations	313	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health and social welfare associate professionals		32	149	79	66	92	7480	6300	8660
	Health associate professionals	321	96	51	40	61	7560	6070	9060
	Therapists	322	20	10	6	15	7640	4380	10900
	Social welfare associate professionals	323	33	18	12	24	7170	4790	9540
Protective service occupations		33	23	12	7	17	3950	2340	5550
	Protective service occupations	331	23	12	7	17	3950	2340	5550
Culture, media and sports occupations		34	54	34	24	43	5250	3810	6690
	Artistic and literary occupations	341	17	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Design associate professionals	342	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Media associate professionals	343	16	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Sports and fitness occupations	344	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
Business and public service associate professionals		35	110	62	50	74	4050	3290	4800
	Transport associate professionals	351	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Legal associate professionals	352	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Business and finance associate professionals	353	30	17	11	23	3310	2120	4500
	Sales and related associate professionals	354	28	16	10	22	3630	2270	4980
	Conservation associate professionals	355	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public service and other associate professionals	356	42	24	17	31	5120	3590	6650
Administrative and secretarial occupations		4	198	108	93	124	3090	2660	3520
Administrative occupations		41	152	83	70	97	3150	2640	3650
	Administrative occupations: government and related organisations	411	32	17	11	24	3260	2130	4380
	Administrative occupations: finance	412	50	28	20	36	3460	2490	4430
	Administrative occupations: records	413	31	17	11	23	3100	2010	4190
	Administrative occupations: communications	414	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Administrative occupations: general	415	37	20	13	26	2890	1960	3820
Secretarial and related occupations		42	46	25	18	32	2930	2080	3770
	Secretarial and related occupations	421	46	25	18	32	2930	2080	3770
Skilled trades occupations		5	280	155	137	173	4910	4340	5490
Skilled agricultural trades		51	36	20	13	26	7250	4960	9540
	Agricultural trades	511	36	20	13	26	7250	4960	9540
Skilled metal and electrical trades		52	102	57	46	69	4830	3890	5760
	Metal forming, welding and related trades	521	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Metal machining, fitting and instrument making trades	522	29	16	10	22	4480	2850	6100
	Vehicle trades	523	18	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Electrical trades	524	41	23	16	31	5470	3800	7150
Skilled construction and building trades		53	100	55	44	66	4750	3820	5680
	Construction trades	531	80	44	34	54	4870	3810	5930
	Building trades	532	20	11	6	16	4310	2440	6190
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades		54	42	23	16	30	4290	3000	5580
	Textiles and garments trades	541	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Printing trades	542	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Food preparation trades	543	22	12	7	16	3700	2160	5240
	Skilled trades not elsewhere classified	549	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
Personal service occupations		6	203	113	97	129	4810	4140	5480
Caring personal service occupations		61	157	86	72	100	4710	3980	5440
	Healthcare and related personal services	611	105	58	46	69	5850	4750	6940
	Childcare and related personal services	612	49	27	19	34	3420	2460	4370
	Animal care services	613	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Leisure and other personal service occupations		62	46	27	18	35	5170	3610	6720
	Leisure and travel service occupations	621	20	12	7	18	7750	4410	11100
	Hairdressers and related occupations	622	17	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Housekeeping occupations	623	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Personal services occupations not elsewhere classified	629	1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Sales and customer service occupations		7	104	59	48	71	2540	2050	3040
Sales occupations		71	75	43	33	52	2200	1700	2710
	Sales assistants and retail cashiers	711	64	36	27	45	2130	1610	2660
	Sales related occupations	712	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
Customer service occupations		72	29	17	11	23	4180	2660	5700
	Customer service occupations	721	29	17	11	23	4180	2660	5700
Process, plant and machine operatives		8	151	83	70	96	3930	3310	4550
Process, plant and machine operatives		81	77	43	33	52	4200	3270	5130
	Process operatives	811	30	17	11	23	4640	2990	6290
	Plant and machine operatives	812	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Assemblers and routine operatives	813	18	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Construction operatives	814	16	*	*	*	*	*	*
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives		82	74	40	31	49	3670	2840	4500
	Transport drivers and operatives	821	60	33	24	41	3540	2650	4430
	Mobile machine drivers and operatives	822	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
Elementary occupations		9	187	106	91	122	3000	2570	3440
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations		91	58	33	25	42	3360	2490	4230
	Elementary agricultural occupations	911	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary construction occupations	912	15	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary process plant occupations	913	17	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary goods storage occupations	914	23	14	8	19	3480	2070	4900
Elementary administration and service occupations		92	129	73	60	85	2860	2370	3360
	Elementary administration occupations	921	25	14	8	19	4990	3050	6920
	Elementary personal services occupations	922	30	18	11	24	1830	1170	2490
	Elementary cleaning occupations	923	43	23	16	30	3070	2150	3980
	Elementary security occupations	924	17	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary sales occupations	925	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
All occupations (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.

• Definitions and data reliability
• See Table WRIOCC2SIG for tests of statistical significance