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Table WRIIND2_3YR - Averaged 2006/07-2008/09

Estimated prevalence and rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by industry section and division, for people working in the last 12 months, averaged 2006/07-2008/09

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 or division Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
Sample cases Averaged estimated prevalence (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 87 17 13 20 4000 3160 4850
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 85 16 13 20 4030 3170 4890
    Agriculture, hunting and related service activities 1 83 16 12 19 4110 3230 5000
    Forestry, logging and related service activities 2 2 * * * * * *
  Fishing B 2 * * * * * *
Extractive and utility supply C&E 65 12 9 15 3570 2680 4460
  Mining and quarrying C 17 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 48 9 6 12 4290 3040 5550
    Electricity, gas, steam and hot water supply 40 30 6 4 8 3840 2420 5260
    Collection, purification and distribution of water 41 18 * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 602 116 106 126 3250 2980 3510
    Manufacture of food products and beverages 15 63 12 9 15 3100 2330 3860
    Manufacture of tobacco 16 1 * * * * * *
    Manufacture of textiles 17 15 * * * * * *
    Manufacture of wearing apparel: dressing and dyeing of fur 18 3 * * * * * *
    Tanning and dressing of leather; manufacture of luggage, handbags, saddlery, harness and footwear 19 2 * * * * * *
    Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials 20 22 4 2 6 5130 3030 7230
    Manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products 21 18 * * * * * *
    Publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media 22 62 13 10 16 3720 2770 4680
    Manufacture of coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel 23 10 * * * * * *
    Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products 24 41 8 6 11 3240 2210 4270
    Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 25 24 4 3 6 2390 1430 3340
    Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 26 24 5 3 6 3810 2300 5330
    Manufacture of basic metals 27 21 4 2 6 3750 2140 5360
    Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 28 64 12 9 15 3520 2650 4390
    Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified 29 67 13 9 16 3130 2350 3900
    Office machinery and computers manufacture 30 8 * * * * * *
    Manufacture of electrical machinery and apparatus not elsewhere classified 31 16 * * * * * *
    Manufacture of radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus 32 16 * * * * * *
    Manufacture of medical, precision and optical instruments, watches and clocks 33 15 * * * * * *
    Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 34 47 9 6 12 3900 2800 5000
    Manufacture of other transport equipment 35 31 6 4 8 2420 1570 3270
    Manufacture of furniture: manufacturing not elsewhere classified 36 27 5 3 7 3090 1930 4260
    Recycling 37 5 * * * * * *
Construction F 464 90 82 99 3740 3390 4080
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H 731 145 134 156 2500 2320 2690
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 579 114 104 124 2590 2370 2810
    Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; retail sale of automative fuel 50 85 17 13 20 3080 2430 3730
    Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 51 101 20 16 24 2690 2160 3210
    Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles: repair of personal and household goods 52 393 77 69 85 2480 2230 2740
  Hotels and restaurants H 152 31 26 36 2230 1870 2590
Transport, storage and communication I 376 75 67 83 3740 3350 4120
    Land transport; transport via pipelines 60 125 25 20 29 3580 2950 4220
    Water transport 61 6 * * * * * *
    Air transport 62 15 * * * * * *
    Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agencies 63 102 20 16 24 3400 2740 4050
    Post and telecommunications 64 128 25 21 30 4090 3370 4820
Finance and business J&K 720 146 134 158 2930 2700 3170
  Financial intermediation J 183 38 31 44 2910 2400 3430
    Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding 65 107 23 17 29 3160 2380 3940
    Insurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security 66 21 4 2 6 2900 1650 4140
    Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation 67 55 11 8 14 2500 1820 3190
  Real estate, renting and business activities K 537 108 99 118 2940 2690 3200
    Real estate activities 70 66 13 9 16 2730 2040 3430
    Renting of machinery and equipment without operator and of personal and household goods 71 17 * * * * * *
    Computer and related activities 72 93 19 15 23 3460 2740 4180
    Research and development 73 29 6 3 8 5190 3150 7220
    Other business activities 74 332 68 60 75 2760 2450 3070
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 518 98 89 107 4780 4360 5210
Education M 564 105 96 114 3730 3410 4050
Health and social work N 1014 190 178 203 5180 4860 5500
Other community, social and personal service activities O 308 60 53 67 3530 3120 3930
    Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation and similar activities 90 21 4 2 6 3010 1720 4310
    Activities of membership organisations not elsewhere classified 91 41 8 5 10 2940 2020 3860
    Recreational, cultural and sporting activities 92 162 33 27 38 3620 3050 4190
    Other service activities 93 84 16 13 20 3840 2990 4690
Other P&Q 22 4 2 6 2600 1510 3690
  Private households with employed persons P 20 3 2 5 2820 1590 4040
  Extra-territorial organisations Q 2 * * * * * *
Missing   7 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Workplace outside UK   1 .. .. .. .. .. ..
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   5479 1060 1030 1090 3540 3440 3640
Other job caused illness#   1136 216 203 229 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   6615 1276 1242 1309 4260 4150 4370

Notes:

.. Not applicable

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

+ Details of Standard Industrial Classification (1992)

The breakdown by industry section and division for 2008/09 onwards may not be entirely consistent with those of previous years. This is because a new Standard Industrial Classification, SIC2007, has been introduced to replace the existing classification, SIC92. To allow comparisons with earlier years, each class under SIC2007 has been mapped to a division and section under SIC92, according to the assumed relationship between the two classifications. It is currently assumed that the effect of the changes on the time series is not significant, but further analysis is being undertaken by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to verify this.

^Within industry sections, some divisional 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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Updated 16.11.09