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Table WRIIND2 - 2007/08

Estimated prevalence and rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by industry section, for people working in the last 12 months

Industry description + Section Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
Sample cases Estimated prevalence (thousands) 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 32 18 12 25 4190 2750 5630
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 32 18 12 25 4300 2820 5770
Extractive and utility supply C&E 16 * * * * * *
  Mining and quarrying C 3 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 13 * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 199 113 97 130 3050 2620 3480
Construction F 152 88 74 102 3640 3060 4220
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H 206 121 104 137 2050 1770 2330
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 164 95 80 110 2120 1790 2450
  Hotels and restaurants H 42 25 17 33 1810 1260 2360
Transport, storage and communication I 134 77 64 90 3760 3120 4410
Finance and business J&K 225 138 119 158 2780 2390 3160
  Financial intermediation J 57 37 26 48 2790 1980 3600
  Real estate, renting and business activities K 168 101 85 117 2770 2350 3200
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 208 118 102 135 5690 4910 6470
Education M 181 100 85 115 3580 3060 4110
Health and social work N 315 178 158 198 4910 4370 5450
Other community, social and personal service activities O 100 60 48 72 3510 2820 4210
Other P&Q 9 * * * * * *
  Private households with employed persons P 9 * * * * * *
Missing   2 .. .. .. .. .. ..
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   1779 1027 978 1077 3400 3230 3560
Other job caused or made illness worse#   408 234 211 257 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   2187 1261 1206 1316 4170 3990 4350

Notes:

.. Not applicable.

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

+ Details of Standard Industrial Classification (1992)

# 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.

Estimates for 2007/08 have been revised (March 2009) due to a reclassification of a small number of cases.


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