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Table WRIIND4_3YR - Averaged 2005/06-2007/08

Estimated incidence and rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by industry, 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.

Industry description + Section, division, group or class^ 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
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing A&B 32 6 4 8 1630 1060 2190
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 30 6 4 8 1570 1000 2140
    Agriculture, hunting and related service activities 1 29 6 3 8 1580 1000 2170
    Forestry, logging and related service activities 2 1 * * * * * *
  Fishing B 2 * * * * * *
Extractive and utility supply C&E 33 6 4 8 1930 1270 2590
  Mining and quarrying C 10 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 23 4 3 6 2150 1270 3030
Manufacturing D 282 52 46 59 1400 1230 1560
Construction F 172 33 28 39 1430 1220 1650
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants  G&H 361 69 62 76 1200 1070 1330
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 297 57 50 63 1280 1130 1430
    Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; retail sale of automative fuel 50 48 9 7 12 1700 1220 2190
    Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 51 54 10 8 13 1480 1080 1880
    Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles: repair of personal and household goods  52 195 37 32 42 1160 1000 1330
      Retail trade 52.1-6 192 36 31 42 1160 990 1330
      Repair of personal, household goods 52.7 3 * * * * * *
  Hotels and restaurants H 64 13 9 16 940 700 1180
Transport, storage and communication I 190 37 31 42 1840 1570 2110
    Land transport; transport via pipelines 60 49 10 7 12 1460 1050 1870
    Water transport 61 3 * * * * * *
    Air transport 62 9 * * * * * *
    Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agencies 63 64 12 9 15 1950 1470 2430
    Post and telecommunications 64 65 12 9 15 1980 1480 2480
      Post and courier activities 64.1 41 8 5 10 2210 1530 2890
        National post activities 64.11 29 5 3 7 2210 1400 3010
        Courier activities (not national post) 64.12 12 * * * * * *
      Telecommunications 64.2 24 5 3 7 1680 940 2420
Finance and business J&K 365 70 62 77 1460 1300 1610
  Financial intermediation J 115 22 18 26 1690 1370 2010
    Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding 65 68 13 10 16 1670 1260 2070
      Monetary intermediation 65.1 54 10 7 13 1770 1290 2240
      Other financial intermediation 65.2 14 * * * * * *
    Insurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security 66 12 * * * * * *
    Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation 67 35 6 4 9 1500 990 2010
      Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding 67.1 11 * * * * * *
      Activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding 67.2 24 4 3 6 1560 910 2200
  Real estate, renting and business activities K 250 48 42 54 1370 1200 1540
    Real estate activities 70 40 7 5 10 1590 1090 2100
    Renting of machinery and equipment without operator and of personal and household goods    71 9 * * * * * *
    Computer and related activities 72 47 9 7 12 1710 1220 2200
    Research and development 73 13 * * * * * *
    Other business activities 74 141 27 22 31 1180 980 1380
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 267 49 43 55 2410 2110 2710
      Administration of the State and the economic and social policy of the community 75.1 152 28 23 33 2390 1990 2780
        General (overall) public service activities 75.11 60 11 8 14 1880 1360 2390
        Regulation of activities of agencies that provide health care, education, cultural services and other social services excluding social security 75.12 67 13 9 16 2690 2050 3340
        Regulation of and contribution to more efficient operation of business 75.13 18 * * * * * *
        Su[pporting service activities for the Government as a whole 75.14 7 * * * * * *
      Defence, justice, law, fire, foreign affairs etc 75.2 105 20 16 23 2470 1980 2950
        Defence activities 75.22 31 6 4 8 2380 1510 3250
        Justice and judicial activities 75.23 21 4 2 5 2570 1480 3670
        Public security, law and order activities 75.24 47 9 6 12 2660 1870 3440
        Fire service activities 75.25 6 * * * * * *
      Compulsory Social Security activities 75.3 10 * * * * * *
Education M 257 47 41 53 1720 1500 1940
      Primary education 80.1 87 16 13 20 1630 1270 1980
        Primary education, state, maintained 80.1 (state maintained) 75 14 11 17 1620 1240 1990
        Primary education, private, non-maintained 80.1 (private) 12 * * * * * *
      Secondary education 80.2 102 18 15 22 1870 1500 2240
      Higher education 80.3 52 9 7 12 1750 1270 2240
        Sub-degree level higher education 80.301 6 * * * * * *
        First-degree and post-graduate level higher education 80.302&3 46 8 6 11 1870 1320 2420
      Adult and other eduction 80.4 16 * * * * * *
Health and social work N 488 89 81 98 2480 2260 2710
      Human health activities 85.1 276 51 44 57 2440 2150 2730
        Hospital activities 85.11 207 38 33 43 2600 2240 2950
        Medical practice activities 85.12 25 5 3 6 1910 1130 2680
        Dental practice activities 85.13 6 * * * * * *
        Other human health activities 85.14 38 7 5 9 2370 1600 3140
      Veterinary activiies 85.2 4 * * * * * *
      Social work activities 85.3 208 38 33 43 2550 2200 2900
        Social work activities with accommodation 85.31 72 13 10 16 2790 2140 3440
        Social work activities without accommodation 85.32 136 25 21 29 2450 2030 2860
Other community, social and personal service activities O 168 33 28 38 1950 1650 2260
    Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation and similar activities 90 25 5 3 7 3250 1930 4570
    Activities of membership organisations not elsewhere classified 91 22 4 3 6 1900 1090 2710
    Recreational, cultural and sporting activities 92 82 17 13 21 1840 1430 2260
    Other service activities 93 39 7 5 9 1760 1210 2320
Other P&Q 13 * * * * * *
  Private households with employed persons P 13 * * * * * *
Workplace outside UK   1 * * * * * *
Missing   2 .. .. .. .. .. ..
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   2631 495 475 515 1670 1610 1740
Other job caused illness#   297 57 50 63 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   2928 551 531 572 1870 1800 1940

Notes:

..  Not applicable

*  Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

+ Details of Standard Industrial Classification (1992)

^Within industry sections, some divisional, group and class 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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