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Table WRIIND4 - 2007/08

Estimated incidence

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 incidence (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 14 * * * * * *
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 14 * * * * * *
Extractive and utility supply C&E 4 * * * * * *
  Mining and quarrying C 2 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 2 * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 97 56 44 67 1500 1200 1790
Construction F 59 35 26 44 1460 1090 1840
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H 95 56 45 68 960 760 1150
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 81 48 37 59 1070 830 1310
  Hotels and restaurants H 14 * * * * * *
Transport, storage and communication I 72 42 32 52 2040 1570 2510
Finance and business J&K 107 65 52 77 1300 1050 1550
  Financial intermediation J 32 19 12 26 1440 920 1950
  Real estate, renting and business activities K 75 46 35 56 1250 960 1540
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 109 63 50 75 3010 2440 3590
Education M 86 48 38 58 1710 1340 2080
Health and social work N 158 91 76 105 2500 2110 2890
Other community, social and personal service activities O 50 31 23 40 1830 1320 2350
Other P&Q 6 * * * * * *
  Private households with employed persons P 6 * * * * * *
Missing   1 .. .. .. .. .. ..
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   858 500 466 535 1650 1540 1770
Other job caused or made illness worse#   105 62 50 74 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   963 563 526 599 1860 1740 1980

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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