Table WRIOCC4 - 2006/07

Estimated incidence and rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by occupational major and sub-major group, for people working in the last 12 months.

Occupation description +	Major or sub-major group	Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
		Sample cases	Estimated incidence (thousands)			Rate per 100 000 employed in the last 12 months
			central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
			central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Managers and senior officials	1	146	80	67	93	1840	1540	2140
Corporate managers	11	118	64	52	76	1860	1530	2200
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services	12	28	16	10	21	1750	1100	2400
Professional occupations	2	128	70	58	83	1840	1520	2170
Science and technology professionals	21	28	16	10	22	1480	930	2030
Health professionals	22	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
Teaching and research professionals	23	68	36	28	45	2550	1940	3160
Business and public service professionals	24	23	13	7	18	1280	750	1810
Associate professional and technical occupations	3	180	102	86	117	2490	2120	2860
Science and technology associate professionals	31	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health and social welfare associate professionals	32	78	42	33	52	4000	3110	4890
Protective service occupations	33	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
Culture, media and sports occupations	34	29	19	12	26	2960	1840	4080
Business and public service associate professionals	35	49	28	20	35	1790	1280	2290
Administrative and secretarial occupations	4	105	57	46	68	1620	1310	1940
Administrative occupations	41	85	46	36	56	1740	1370	2110
Secretarial and related occupations	42	20	11	6	15	1260	700	1820
Skilled trades occupations	5	110	62	50	74	1960	1590	2330
Skilled agricultural trades	51	17	*	*	*	*	*	*
Skilled metal and electrical trades	52	38	22	15	29	1820	1240	2410
Skilled construction and building trades	53	36	20	13	26	1720	1160	2290
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades	54	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
Personal service occupations	6	123	71	58	84	3020	2470	3570
Caring personal service occupations	61	94	53	42	64	2890	2300	3470
Leisure and other personal service occupations	62	29	18	11	25	3480	2160	4800
Sales and customer service occupations	7	60	34	26	43	1470	1100	1850
Sales occupations	71	42	24	17	31	1240	860	1620
Customer service occupations	72	18	*	*	*	*	*	*
Process, plant and machine operatives	8	64	36	27	45	1700	1280	2110
Process, plant and machine operatives	81	31	18	11	24	1750	1130	2360
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives	82	33	18	12	24	1650	1090	2220
Elementary occupations	9	79	45	35	55	1280	1000	1570
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations	91	26	15	9	20	1480	910	2050
Elementary administration and service occupations	92	53	31	22	39	1210	880	1540
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)		995	557	521	592	1910	1780	2030
Other job caused or made illness worse#		98	55	44	66	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)		1093	612	575	649	2090	1970	2220

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.