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Table WRISIZE4 - 2006/07

Estimated incidence 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 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              
Small (less than 50 employees)~ 462 258 234 282 1630 1480 1780
Medium (50-249 employees) 236 132 115 149 2230 1940 2520
Large (250+ employees) 269 152 134 171 2390 2100 2680
Missing/unknown 28 .. .. .. .. .. ..
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

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

+ 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.

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