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Table STROCC4_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 occupation, 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.

Occupation description + Major, sub-major, minor or unit group^ Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
Sample cases Averaged 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
Managers and senior officials 1 208 39 33 44 880 760 1000
Corporate managers 11 168 31 26 36 890 750 1030
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services 12 40 7 5 10 840 580 1100
Professional occupations 2 182 33 28 38 870 740 1000
Science and technology professionals 21 29 5 3 7 510 320 710
Health professionals 22 10 * * * * * *
Teaching and research professionals 23 101 18 15 22 1260 1010 1510
  Teaching professionals 231 100 18 14 22 1330 1070 1600
  Research professionals 232 1 * * * * * *
Business and public service professionals 24 42 8 5 10 780 540 1020
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 207 38 33 43 900 780 1030
Science and technology associate professionals 31 11 * * * * * *
Health and social welfare associate professionals 32 84 15 12 18 1350 1060 1640
  Health associate professionals 321 44 7 5 10 1070 750 1390
  Therapists 322 14 * * * * * *
  Social welfare associate professionals 323 26 5 3 7 1840 1130 2540
Protective service occupations 33 23 4 2 6 1190 700 1680
Culture, media and sports occupations 34 12 * * * * * *
Business and public service associate professionals 35 77 14 11 17 890 690 1090
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 141 26 22 30 740 620 870
Administrative occupations 41 115 21 17 25 780 640 930
  Administrative occupations: government and related organisations 411 28 5 3 7 950 590 1300
  Administrative occupations: finance 412 35 6 4 8 770 510 1020
  Administrative occupations: records 413 18 * * * * * *
  Administrative occupations: communications 414 5 * * * * * *
  Administrative occupations: general 415 29 6 4 8 800 500 1090
Secretarial and related occupations 42 26 5 3 7 620 380 860
Skilled trades occupations 5 50 10 7 12 300 220 380
Personal service occupations 6 102 19 15 23 800 640 960
Caring personal service occupations 61 80 15 11 18 800 620 980
Leisure and other personal service occupations 62 22 4 2 6 820 450 1180
Sales and customer service occupations 7 62 12 9 15 500 370 630
Sales occupations 71 40 8 5 10 390 260 510
  Sales assistants and retail cashiers 711 35 7 4 9 380 250 510
  Sales related occupations 712 5 * * * * * *
Customer service occupations 72 22 4 2 6 1040 600 1480
    Call centre agents/operators 7211 1 * * * * * *
    Customer care occupations 7212 21 4 2 6 1320 750 1890
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 41 8 5 10 370 250 480
Process, plant and machine operatives 81 18 * * * * * *
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 82 23 4 2 6 380 220 540
  Transport drivers and operatives 821 20 4 2 5 400 220 570
  Mobile machine drivers and operatives 822 3 * * * * * *
Elementary occupations 9 62 12 9 15 340 250 420
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations 91 16 * * * * * *
Elementary administration and service occupations 92 46 9 6 11 350 240 450
Missing   1 * * * * * *
All occupations (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 Occupational Classification (2000)

^Within occupation major groups, some sub-major, minor and unit group 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.


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Updated 15.09.09