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Table WRIIND6 - 2008/09

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work and associated average days lost per (full-time equivalent) worker due to a self-reported illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by industry section

Industry description + Section Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
Sample cases $ Days lost (thousands) Average days lost per worker
central 95% C.I. central 95% C.I.
lower upper lower upper
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing A&B 15 * * * * * *
  Agriculture, hunting and forestry A 15 * * * * * *
Extractive and utility supply C&E 11 * * * * * *
  Mining and quarrying C 1 * * * * * *
  Electricity, gas and water supply E 10 * * * * * *
Manufacturing D 97 2008 1231 2784 0.73 0.45 1.01
Construction F 90 2434 1481 3386 1.09 0.66 1.51
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants G&H 152 3250 2278 4223 0.82 0.58 1.07
  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods G 121 2545 1679 3411 0.83 0.55 1.11
  Hotels and restaurants H 31 705 263 1148 0.79 0.29 1.28
Transport, storage and communication I 82 2011 1265 2757 1.16 0.73 1.59
Finance and business J&K 131 2310 1599 3021 0.55 0.38 0.72
  Financial intermediation J 33 680 256 1103 0.64 0.24 1.04
  Real estate, renting and business activities K 98 1630 1059 2202 0.52 0.34 0.70
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security L 84 2026 1310 2742 1.16 0.75 1.57
Education M 112 1969 1232 2706 0.98 0.61 1.34
Health and social work N 212 4339 3274 5403 1.52 1.15 1.90
Other community, social and personal service activities O 44 1281 485 2077 1.04 0.40 1.69
Other P&Q 2 * * * * * *
  Private households with employed persons P 2 * * * * * *
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   1032 22141 19612 24671 0.94 0.83 1.04
Other job caused illness#   141 2471 1761 3181 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   1173 24612 21985 27240 1.04 0.93 1.15

Notes:

.. Not applicable

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

$ For people taking time off work.

+ Details of Standard Industrial Classification (1992)

The breakdown by industry section 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 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).

# 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 40 sample cases.

Estimated days lost and days lost per worker due to workplace injuries include all those sustained as a result of a non-road traffic accident, not just reportable injuries resulting in over 3 days of absence from work.

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Updated 16.11.09