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Table WRIIND4_3YR - Averaged 2006/07-2008/09

Estimated incidence 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 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 36 7 5 9 1720 1160 2290
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 34 7 4 9 1680 1110 2240
    Agriculture, hunting and related service activities 1 32 6 4 8 1640 1070 2220
    Forestry, logging and related service activities 2 2 * * * * * *
  Fishing B 2 * * * * * *
Extractive and utility supply C&E 30 6 4 8 1710 1090 2330
  Mining and quarrying C 10 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 20 4 2 6 1900 1060 2750
Manufacturing D 287 55 49 62 1550 1370 1730
Construction F 183 37 31 42 1530 1300 1750
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H 372 75 67 82 1290 1150 1420
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 309 62 55 69 1400 1240 1560
    Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; retail sale of automative fuel 50 41 8 6 11 1500 1040 1960
    Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 51 59 12 9 15 1610 1190 2020
    Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles: repair of personal and household goods 52 209 42 36 48 1340 1150 1520
  Hotels and restaurants H 63 13 9 16 920 680 1160
Transport, storage and communication I 181 37 31 42 1850 1570 2120
    Land transport; transport via pipelines 60 54 11 8 14 1580 1160 2010
    Water transport 61 4 * * * * * *
    Air transport 62 9 * * * * * *
    Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agencies 63 56 11 8 14 1860 1370 2350
    Post and telecommunications 64 58 12 9 15 1940 1430 2460
Finance and business J&K 367 74 66 81 1480 1320 1630
  Financial intermediation J 102 20 16 24 1550 1240 1860
    Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding 65 59 12 9 15 1630 1190 2060
    Insurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security 66 11 * * * * * *
    Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation 67 32 6 4 8 1410 920 1900
  Real estate, renting and business activities K 265 54 47 60 1450 1280 1630
    Real estate activities 70 34 6 4 9 1380 900 1860
    Renting of machinery and equipment without operator and of personal and household goods 71 9 * * * * * *
    Computer and related activities 72 53 11 8 14 1970 1430 2510
    Research and development 73 15 * * * * * *
    Other business activities 74 154 32 26 37 1290 1080 1500
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 269 51 44 57 2480 2170 2790
Education M 263 49 43 56 1760 1540 1980
Health and social work N 520 99 90 108 2700 2460 2940
Other community, social and personal service activities O 147 30 25 35 1730 1450 2020
    Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation and similar activities 90 17 * * * * * *
    Activities of membership organisations not elsewhere classified 91 16 * * * * * *
    Recreational, cultural and sporting activities 92 74 16 12 20 1770 1350 2180
    Other service activities 93 40 8 5 10 1780 1220 2340
Other P&Q 12 * * * * * *
  Private households with employed persons P 11 * * * * * *
  Extra-territorial organisations Q 1 * * * * * *
Missing   2 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Workplace outside UK   1 .. .. .. .. .. ..
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   2670 522 501 543 1740 1670 1810
Other job caused illness#   268 53 47 60 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   2938 575 553 597 1920 1850 1990

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 17.11.09