• 2004/05-2006/07
• 2003/04-2005/06

Occupation description +			Major, sub-major, minor or unit group^	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
Managers and senior officials			1	407	73	65	80	1690	1520	1860
Corporate managers			11	322	57	51	64	1680	1490	1860
	Corporate managers and senior officials		111	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Production managers		112	39	7	5	9	1110	760	1460
	Functional managers		113	117	21	17	25	1620	1330	1920
	Quality and customer care managers		114	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Financial institution and office managers		115	53	9	7	12	2230	1630	2830
		Financial institution managers	1151	23	4	2	6	2570	1520	3620
		Office managers	1152	30	5	3	7	2020	1290	2750
	Managers in distribution, storage and retailing		116	46	8	6	11	1470	1040	1910
	Protective service officers		117	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Health and social services managers		118	29	5	3	7	2420	1530	3310
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services			12	85	15	12	19	1740	1370	2110
	Managers in farming, horticulture, forestry and fishing		121	1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Managers and proprietors in hospitality and leisure services		122	27	5	3	7	1640	1010	2270
	Managers and proprietors in other services industries		123	57	10	7	13	1930	1430	2440
Professional occupations			2	376	67	60	74	1810	1620	2000
Science and technology professionals			21	81	14	11	17	1400	1090	1700
	Science professionals		211	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Engineering professionals		212	40	7	5	9	1540	1060	2020
	Information and communication technology professionals		213	31	6	4	8	1260	810	1710
		IT strategy and planning professionals	2131	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Software professionals	2132	21	4	2	5	1250	700	1790
Health professionals			22	27	5	3	7	1670	1040	2310
Teaching and research professionals			23	185	32	27	37	2260	1930	2600
	Teaching professionals		231	181	32	27	36	2360	2010	2710
	Research professionals		232	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
Business and public service professionals			24	83	15	12	18	1620	1260	1970
Associate professional and technical occupations			3	482	88	80	97	2170	1970	2370
Science and technology associate professionals			31	44	8	5	10	1490	1050	1930
Health and social welfare associate professionals			32	194	34	29	39	3140	2690	3580
	Health associate professionals		321	128	22	18	26	3250	2680	3820
	Therapists		322	23	4	2	6	2860	1700	4020
	Social welfare associate professionals		323	43	8	6	10	2990	2110	3880
		Youth and community workers	3231	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Housing and welfare officers	3232	30	6	4	8	3290	2120	4460
Protective service occupations			33	43	8	6	10	2450	1720	3180
Culture, media and sports occupations			34	57	12	8	15	1880	1370	2380
Business and public service associate professionals			35	144	27	23	32	1780	1480	2080
	Transport associate professionals		351	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Legal associate professionals		352	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Business and finance associate professionals		353	41	8	5	10	1600	1110	2100
	Sales and related associate professionals		354	40	8	5	10	1760	1210	2310
	Conservation associate professionals		355	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public service and other associate professionals		356	45	8	6	11	1810	1250	2360
Administrative and secretarial occupations			4	292	52	46	58	1440	1280	1610
Administrative occupations			41	226	40	35	46	1480	1290	1680
	Administrative occupations: government and related organisations		411	63	11	8	14	2000	1500	2510
	Administrative occupations: finance		412	68	12	9	15	1460	1110	1810
		Credit controllers	4121	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial	4122	39	7	5	9	1220	830	1610
		Counter clerks	4123	27	5	3	7	2280	1410	3140
	Administrative occupations: records		413	43	8	6	10	1390	970	1800
	Administrative occupations: communications		414	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Administrative occupations: general		415	45	8	6	10	1160	820	1500
Secretarial and related occupations			42	66	12	9	14	1320	1000	1640
Skilled trades occupations			5	293	54	48	61	1700	1500	1900
Skilled agricultural trades			51	36	6	4	8	2240	1510	2970
Skilled metal and electrical trades			52	95	17	14	21	1430	1140	1730
	Metal forming, welding and related trades		521	16	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Metal machining, fitting and instrument making trades		522	20	4	2	5	970	540	1390
	Vehicle trades		523	28	5	3	8	1990	1220	2760
	Electrical trades		524	31	6	4	8	1290	830	1750
Skilled construction and building trades			53	110	21	17	25	1820	1480	2160
	Construction trades		531	92	18	14	21	1980	1580	2390
	Building trades		532	18	*	*	*	*	*	*
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades			54	52	10	7	13	1760	1260	2250
Personal service occupations			6	258	47	41	53	2040	1780	2290
Caring personal service occupations			61	204	36	31	42	2050	1770	2340
	Healthcare and related personal services		611	139	24	20	29	2530	2100	2950
	Childcare and related personal services		612	61	11	8	14	1480	1100	1850
	Animal care services		613	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
Leisure and other personal service occupations			62	54	11	8	14	1990	1440	2530
Sales and customer service occupations			7	174	32	27	37	1360	1150	1570
Sales occupations			71	130	24	20	28	1230	1010	1450
	Sales assistants and retail cashiers		711	114	21	17	25	1210	980	1430
		Sales and retail assistants	7111	87	16	13	19	1160	910	1410
		Retail cashiers and check-out operators	7112	21	4	2	5	1290	740	1850
		Telephone salespersons	7113	6	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Sales related occupations		712	16	*	*	*	*	*	*
Customer service occupations			72	44	8	5	11	1970	1350	2590
		Call centre agents/operators	7211	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Customer care occupations	7212	31	6	4	8	1920	1220	2620
Process, plant and machine operatives			8	172	32	27	36	1480	1250	1700
Process, plant and machine operatives			81	76	14	11	17	1350	1040	1650
	Process operatives		811	27	5	3	7	1410	880	1950
	Plant and machine operatives		812	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Assemblers and routine operatives		813	25	5	3	7	1430	860	2000
	Construction operatives		814	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives			82	96	17	14	21	1610	1280	1930
	Transport drivers and operatives		821	82	15	12	18	1630	1270	1990
	Mobile machine drivers and operatives		822	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
Elementary occupations			9	232	43	37	48	1220	1060	1380
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations			91	77	14	11	18	1420	1090	1740
	Elementary agricultural occupations		911	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary construction occupations		912	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary process plant occupations		913	30	5	3	7	1900	1220	2570
	Elementary goods storage occupations		914	33	6	4	9	1530	990	2080
		Other goods handling and storage occupations not elsewhere classified	9149	33	6	4	9	1570	1020	2120
Elementary administration and service occupations			92	155	28	24	33	1140	960	1330
	Elementary administration occupations		921	29	6	3	8	1980	1260	2710
		Postal workers, mail sorters, messengers, couriers	9211	29	6	3	8	2400	1520	3280
	Elementary personal services occupations		922	28	5	3	7	570	360	790
	Elementary cleaning occupations		923	55	10	7	12	1270	930	1610
	Elementary security occupations		924	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary sales occupations		925	24	4	3	6	2240	1340	3140
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)				2686	487	468	506	1670	1610	1740
Other job caused illness#				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 occupation major groups, some sub-major, minor and unit group 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.

• Definitions and data reliability
• See Table WRIOCC4_3YRSIG for tests of statistical significance