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Table STRIND4_3YR - Averaged 2005/06-2007/08

Estimated incidence and rates of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by industry, for people working in the last 12 months, averaged 2005/06-2007/08

Note: Comparison of averaged 3 year estimates over time involving estimates based on overlapping time periods will not provide a robust indication of change over time.

Industry description + Section, division, group or class^ Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
Sample cases Estimated incidence (thousands) Averaged rate per 100 000 employed in the last 12 months
central 95% C.I. central 95% C.I.
lower upper lower upper
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing A&B 7 * * * * * *
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 7 * * * * * *
Extractive and utility supply C&E 13 * * * * * *
  Mining and quarrying C 3 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 10 * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 83 15 12 19 410 320 500
Construction F 26 5 3 7 210 130 280
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H 146 28 23 33 490 410 570
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 114 22 18 26 490 400 580
    Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; retail sale of automative fuel 50 20 4 2 5 670 370 960
    Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 51 17 * * * * * *
    Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles: repair of personal and household goods 52 77 15 11 18 460 360 570
      Retail trade 52.1-6 77 15 11 18 470 360 580
  Hotels and restaurants H 32 7 4 9 490 320 670
Transport, storage and communication I 74 14 11 17 710 540 870
    Land transport; transport via pipelines 60 21 4 2 6 620 350 880
    Water transport 61 1 * * * * * *
    Air transport 62 2 * * * * * *
    Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agencies 63 24 5 3 6 720 430 1010
    Post and telecommunications 64 26 5 3 7 790 490 1100
Finance and business J&K 165 31 26 36 660 550 760
  Financial intermediation J 59 11 8 14 890 650 1120
  Real estate, renting and business activities K 106 20 16 24 570 460 680
    Real estate activities 70 20 4 2 5 810 450 1170
    Renting of machinery and equipment without operator and of personal and household goods 71 3 * * * * * *
    Computer and related activities 72 20 4 2 6 720 400 1040
    Research and development 73 5 * * * * * *
    Other business activities 74 58 11 8 14 470 350 600
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 147 27 22 31 1310 1090 1530
      Administration of the State and the economic and social policy of the community 75.1 88 16 13 20 1380 1080 1680
        General (overall) public service activities 75.11 34 6 4 9 1070 660 1470
        Regulation of activities of agencies that provide health care, education, cultural services and other social services excluding social security 75.12 35 6 4 9 1390 920 1850
        Regulation of and contribution to more efficient operation of business 75.13 13 * * * * * *
        Su[pporting service activities for the Government as a whole 75.14 6 * * * * * *
      Defence, justice, law, fire, foreign affairs etc 75.2 55 10 7 13 1250 920 1590
      Compulsory Social Security activities 75.3 4 * * * * * *
Education M 133 24 20 28 880 730 1030
      Primary education 80.1 48 9 6 11 880 620 1130
        Primary education, state, maintained 80.1 (state maintained) 44 8 6 11 950 660 1240
        Primary education, private, non-maintained 80.1 (private) 4 * * * * * *
      Secondary education 80.2 51 9 7 12 950 690 1220
      Higher education 80.3 26 5 3 6 850 520 1180
        Sub-degree level higher education 80.301 4 * * * * * *
        First-degree and post-graduate level higher education 80.302&3 22 4 2 5 870 500 1230
      Adult and other eduction 80.4 8 * * * * * *
Health and social work N 209 38 33 43 1050 910 1200
      Human health activities 85.1 101 18 14 22 870 700 1040
      Veterinary activiies 85.2 1 * * * * * *
      Social work activities 85.3 107 20 16 24 1330 1070 1590
        Social work activities with accommodation 85.31 33 6 4 8 1230 790 1660
        Social work activities without accommodation 85.32 74 14 11 17 1370 1060 1690
Other community, social and personal service activities O 51 10 7 13 590 430 750
Other P&Q 1 * * * * * *
  Private households with employed persons P 1 * * * * * *
Missing   1 .. .. .. .. .. ..
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   1056 197 184 209 660 620 710
Other job caused illness#   142 27 22 31 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   1198 223 210 236 750 710 800

Notes:

.. Not applicable

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

+ Details of Standard Industrial Classification (1992)

^Within industry sections, some divisional, group and class information has been provided where some of the categories have sufficiently large sample cases to provide reliable estimates.

# 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.

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases.

See Table STRIND4_3YRSIG for tests of statistical significance.

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