Table WRIIND2_3YRSIG

Comparison of averaged estimated prevalence rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by the current or most recent job, by industry, for people working in the last 12 months, averaged 2005/06-2007/08

Industry description					Section, division, group or class	Whether rates statistically significantly higher/lower than average across all industries
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing					A&B	No
	Agriculture, hunting and forestry				A	No
		Agriculture, hunting and related service activities			1	No
			Crops, market gardening, horticulture		1.1	No#
			Farming of animals		1.2	No#
			Mixed farming (crops and animals)		1.3	*
			Agricultural and animal husbandry (not vets)		1.4	No
				Agricultural service activities; landscape gardening	1.41	No#
				Animal husbandry service activities, except veterinary activities	1.42	*
		Forestry, logging and related service activities			2	*
	Fishing				B	*
Extractive and utility supply					C&E	No
	Mining and quarrying				C	*
	Electricity, gas and water supply				E	Higher
		Electricity, gas, steam and hot water supply			40	No
		Collection, purification and distribution of water			41	Higher#
Manufacturing					D	Lower
		Manufacture of food products and beverages			15	No
		Manufacture of tobacco			16	*
		Manufacture of textiles			17	*
		Manufacture of wearing apparel: dressing and dyeing of fur			18	*
		Tanning and dressing of leather; manufacture of luggage, handbags, saddlery, harness and footwear			19	*
		Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials			20	*
		Manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products			21	No#
		Publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media			22	No
			Publishing		22.1	No#
			Printing etc		22.2	No#
		Manufacture of coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel			23	*
		Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products			24	No
		Manufacture of rubber and plastic products			25	No#
			Rubber products manufacture		25.1	*
			Plastic products manufacture		25.2	No#
		Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products			26	No#
		Manufacture of basic metals			27	No#
		Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment			28	No
		Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified			29	Lower
		Office machinery and computers manufacture			30	*
		Manufacture of electrical machinery and apparatus not elsewhere classified			31	*
		Manufacture of radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus			32	No#
		Manufacture of medical, precision and optical instruments, watches and clocks			33	No#
		Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers			34	No
		Manufacture of other transport equipment			35	Lower#
		Manufacture of furniture: manufacturing not elsewhere classified			36	Lower#
		Recycling			37	*
Construction					F	No
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants					G&H	Lower
	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods				G	Lower
		Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; retail sale of automative fuel			50	No
			Sale of motor vehicles, parts, fuel		50.1,3,5	No
			Motor vehicle maintenance and repair		50.2	No
			Motorcycle sale, maintenance and repair etc		50.4	*
		Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles			51	Lower
		Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles: repair of personal and household goods			52	Lower
			Retail trade		52.1-6	Lower
			Repair of personal, household goods		52.7	*
	Hotels and restaurants				H	Lower
			Hotels, motels		55.1	No
				Hotels, motels with restaurant	55.11	No
				Hotels, motels without restaurant	55.12	*
			Camping sites, short stay accommodation etc		55.2	*
			Restaurants		55.3	Lower
				Licenced, unlicenced restaurants and cafes	55.301-2	Lower
				Take-away food shops	55.303	*
			Bars		55.4	Lower#
				Licenced clubs with entertainment	55.401	*
				Public houses, bars	55.402	Lower#
			Canteens, catering		55.5	No
				Canteens	55.51	*
				Catering	55.52	No#
Transport, storage and communication					I	No
		Land transport; transport via pipelines			60	No
		Water transport			61	*
		Air transport			62	*
		Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agencies			63	No
			Cargo handling, storage		63.1	No
				Cargo handling	63.11	*
				Storage, warehousing	63.12	No
			Other supporting transport activities		63.2	No
			Activities of travel agencies and tour operators; tourist assistance activities not elsewhere classified		63.3	*
			Activities of other transport agencies		63.4	No#
		Post and telecommunications			64	No
			Post and courier activities		64.1	Higher
				National post activities	64.11	Higher
				Courier activities (not national post)	64.12	No#
			Telecommunications		64.2	No
Finance and business					J&K	Lower
	Financial intermediation				J	Lower
		Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding			65	No
			Monetary intermediation		65.1	No
			Other financial intermediation		65.2	Lower#
		Insurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security			66	No#
		Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation			67	Lower
			Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding		67.1	*
			Activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding		67.2	No
	Real estate, renting and business activities				K	Lower
		Real estate activities			70	No
			Real estate activities with own property		70.1	No
				Development and sale of real estate	70.11	No
			Letting own property		70.2	*
			Real estate activities on a fee or contract basis		70.3	Lower#
		Renting of machinery and equipment without operator and of personal and household goods			71	*
		Computer and related activities			72	No
		Research and development			73	No#
		Other business activities			74	Lower
			Legal, accounting, auditing, tax, etc		74.1	Lower
				Legal activities	74.11	Lower
				Accounting, book-keeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy	74.12	Lower
				Market research and public opinion polling	74.13	*
				Business and management consultancy	74.14	No#
				Management activities of holding companies	74.15	*
			Architectural and engineering activities and related technical consultancy		74.2	Lower
				Technical testing, analysis	74.3	*
				Advertising	74.4	*
			Labour recruitment and provision of personnel		74.5	No#
			Investigation and security activities		74.6	No
			Industrial cleaning		74.7	No
			Miscellaneous business activities not elsewhere classified		74.8	Lower
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security					L	Higher
			Administration of the State and the economic and social policy of the community		75.1	Higher
				General (overall) public service activities	75.11	No
				Regulation of activities of agencies that provide health care, education, cultural services and other social services excluding social security	75.12	Higher
				Regulation of and contribution to more efficient operation of business	75.13	Higher
				Su[pporting service activities for the Government as a whole	75.14	*
			Defence, justice, law, fire, foreign affairs etc		75.2	Higher
				Defence activities	75.22	No
				Justice and judicial activities	75.23	Higher
				Public security, law and order activities	75.24	No
				Fire service activities	75.25	*
			Compulsory Social Security activities		75.3	No#
Education					M	No
			Primary education		80.1	No
				Primary education, state, maintained	80.1 (state maintained)	No
				Primary education, private, non-maintained	80.1 (private)	No#
			Secondary education		80.2	Higher
				General secondary education, state, maintained	80.21 (state maintained)	No
				General secondary education, private, non-maintained	80.21 (private)	*
				Technical and vocational secondary education	80.22	No#
				Special education, state, maintained	(state maintained)	Higher#
				Special education, private, non-maintained	(private)	*
			Higher education		80.3	No
				Sub-degree level higher education	80.301	No#
				First-degree and post-graduate level higher education	80.302+3	No
			Adult and other eduction		80.4	Lower#
				Driving school activities	80.41	*
				Adult and other education not elsewhere classified	80.42	No#
Health and social work					N	Higher
			Human health activities		85.1	Higher
				Hospital activities	85.11	Higher
				Medical practice activities	85.12	No
				Dental practice activities	85.13	*
				Other human health activities	85.14	Higher
			Veterinary activiies		85.2	*
			Social work activities		85.3	Higher
				Social work activities with accommodation	85.31	Higher
				Social work activities without accommodation	85.32	Higher
Other community, social and personal service activities					O	No
		Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation and similar activities			90	No
		Activities of membership organisations not elsewhere classified			91	No
		Recreational, cultural and sporting activities			92	No
			Motion picture and video activities		92.1	*
			Radio and TV activities		92.2	No#
			Other entertainment activities		92.3	No
			News agency activities		92.4	*
			Library, archive, museums and other cultural activities		92.5	*
			Sporting activities, arenas, stadia		92.6	Lower
				Operation of sports arenas and stadia	92.61	*
				Other sporting activities	92.62	No#
			Other recreational activities		92.7	Higher
				Gambling and betting activities	92.71	No#
				Other recreational activities not elsewhere classified	92.72	*
		Other service activities			93	No
Other					P&Q	No#
	Private households with employed persons				P	No#

Notes:

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates

# Rate based on fewer than 30 sample cases

Table WRIIND2_3YRSIG

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