Table WRISIZE5 - 2006/07

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work and associated average days lost per (full-time equivalent) worker due to a self-reported illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by workplace size.

Number of people in workplace +	Illness ascribed to the current or most recent job
	Sample cases$	Days lost (thousands)			Average days lost per worker
		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	110	1414	972	1856	0.56	0.39	0.74

1-24 employees	323	6712	5325	8100	0.96	0.76	1.16
25+ employees	809	16411	14403	18419	1.22	1.07	1.37
Missing	4	..	..	..	..	..	..

1-49 employees	471	9413	806	10993	0.97	0.81	1.14
50+ employees	661	13710	11849	15571	1.27	1.10	1.45
Missing	4	..	..	..	..	..	..
All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job)	1246	24583	22106	27059	1.06	0.96	1.17
Other job caused or made illness worse, workplace size unknown#	229	5381	4066	6695	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)	1475	29963	27155	32771	1.30	1.18	1.42

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.

$ For people taking time off work.

# 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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