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Table STROCC4 - 2007/08

Estimated incidence and rates of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by occupational major group, for people working in the last 12 months

Occupation description + Major group 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
Managers and senior officials 1 64 38 28 47 830 620 1040
Professional occupations 2 65 37 28 46 950 710 1180
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 78 44 34 54 990 770 1220
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 47 27 19 35 790 560 1020
Skilled trades occupations 5 13 * * * * * *
Personal service occupations 6 34 20 13 26 810 530 1080
Sales and customer service occupations 7 20 11 6 17 480 270 700
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 17 * * * * * *
Elementary occupations 9 18 * * * * * *
Missing   1 .. .. .. .. .. ..
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   357 206 184 228 680 610 750
Other job caused illness#   51 30 21 39 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   408 237 213 260 780 700 860

Notes:

.. Not applicable

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

+ Details of Standard Occupational Classification (2000)

# 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.


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