Table WRISIZE3 - 2006/07

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

Number of people in workplace +	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
Illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job
Self employed on own or with partners but no employees	81	46	36	56	1570	1220	1910

1-24 employees	259	144	126	162	1540	1350	1720
25+ employees	653	366	337	394	2190	2020	2360
Missing	2	..	..	..	..	..	..

1-49 employees	381	212	190	234	1640	1470	1810
50+ employees	531	298	272	324	2260	2070	2460
Missing	2	..	..	..	..	..	..

All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job)	995	557	521	592	1910	1780	2030
Other job caused or made illness worse, workplace size unknown#	98	55	44	66	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)	1093	612	575	649	2090	1970	2220

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 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.

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