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Table WRISIZE2 - 2006/07

Estimated prevalence and rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job, for small, medium and large workplaces, for people working in the last 12 months.

Workplace size + Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
Sample cases Estimated prevalence (thousands) Rate per 100 000 employed in the last 12 months
central95% C.I. central95% C.I.
lowerupperlowerupper
Illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job         
Small (less than 50 employees)~1042 578542615 365034303880
Medium (50-249 employees)424234 211257395035704330
Large (250+ employees)544302 276328473043405130
Missing/unknown47.... ........
All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job) 2057114010901191 390037304070
Other job caused or made illness worse, workplace size unknown# 450244221267 ......
Total (illness ascribed to any job)2507 138413291440 474045504920

Notes:

.. Not applicable

+ Relates to the number of people at their workplace, which is not necessarily the same as the number of people working for the company.

~ Includes those who are self employed on their own or with partners who have no employees.

# 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.

Individuals who gave the response 'Don't know but between 50 and 499' have been coded as missing/unknown.