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Table WRIOCC4SIG

Comparison of estimated 2001/02, 2003/04-2007/08 incidence rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by the current or most recent job, by occupation, for people working in the last 12 months

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 No No No No
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services 12 No# No# No# No# No# No#
Professional occupations 2 No No No No No No
Science and technology professionals 21 No# No# * No# No# No#
Health professionals 22 * * * * * *
Teaching and research professionals 23 Higher No No No No Lower
Business and public service professionals 24 No No# No No# No No
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 Higher No Higher 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 Higher# * * * No# No#
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 * * * * * *
Skilled trades occupations 5 No No No No No No
Skilled agricultural trades 51 * * * * * *
Skilled metal and electrical trades 52 No No Higher# Higher No No
Skilled construction and building trades 53 No No No No No No
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades 54 * * * * * *
Personal service occupations 6 No Lower No No No No
Caring personal service occupations 61 No Lower No No No No
Leisure and other personal service occupations 62 No# No# * * * *
Sales and customer service occupations 7 Lower No No No No Lower
Sales occupations 71 Lower No No No No Lower
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 Lower No No No No No
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations 91 No No# * No No No
Elementary administration and service occupations 92 Lower No No No No No
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   .. Lower Higher No No Lower

Notes:

.. Not applicable

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates

# Rate based on fewer than 30 sample cases

See Table WRIOCC4 for detailed data.

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Updated 15.09.09