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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.
lower upper lower upper
Illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job         
Self employed on own or with partners but no employees81 4636561570 12201910
               
1-24 employees259144126 162154013501720
25+ employees653366337 394219020202360
Missing2...... ......
               
1-49 employees381212190 234164014701810
50+ employees531298272 324226020702460
Missing2...... ......
               
All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job) 995557521592 191017802030
Other job caused or made illness worse, workplace size unknown# 98554466 ......
Total (illness ascribed to any job)1093 612575649 209019702220

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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Updated 19.10.09