Health and Safety Executive

Table WDLOCCSIG - Illness

Comparison of estimated 2001/02, 2003/04-2007/08 days lost per (full-time equivalent) worker due to self-reported illness caused or made worse by the current or most recent job, by occupation, for people working in the last 12 months

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Occupation description Major or sub-major group Whether rates statistically significantly higher/lower than average across all occupations Whether 2007/08 rates statistically significantly higher/lower than
2007/08 2006/07 2005/06 2004/05 2003/04 2001/02
Managers and senior officials 1 No No No No No No
Corporate managers 11 No No Higher No No No
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services 12 No# No# No# No# No# No#
Professional occupations 2 No No No Higher No No
Science and technology professionals 21 Lower# No# No# No# No# No#
Health professionals 22 * * * * * *
Teaching and research professionals 23 No No No No No No
Business and public service professionals 24 No# No# No# No# No# No#
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 No No No No No No
Science and technology associate professionals 31 * * * * * *
Health and social welfare associate professionals 32 Higher No Higher No No No
Protective service occupations 33 No# * No# Lower# Lower# Lower#
Culture, media and sports occupations 34 * * * * * *
Business and public service associate professionals 35 No No No No No No
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 No No No No No No
Administrative occupations 41 No No No No No No
Secretarial and related occupations 42 No# No# No# No# No# No#
Skilled trades occupations 5 No No No No No No
Skilled agricultural trades 51 * * * * * *
Skilled metal and electrical trades 52 No No No No No No
Skilled construction and building trades 53 No Higher No No No No
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades 54 * * * * * *
Personal service occupations 6 No No No No No No
Caring personal service occupations 61 Higher No Higher No No No
Leisure and other personal service occupations 62 No# Lower# No# No# No# No#
Sales and customer service occupations 7 Lower No No No No No
Sales occupations 71 Lower No No No No# No
Customer service occupations 72 * * * * * *
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 No No No No No No
Process, plant and machine operatives 81 No No No# No No No
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 82 No No No No No No
Elementary occupations 9 No Lower No No No No
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations 91 No# No# No# No# No# Lower#
Elementary administration and service occupations 92 No No No No No No
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   .. No No No No Lower

Notes:

.. Not applicable.

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

# Rate based on fewer than 40 sample cases.

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Updated 15.09.09