• 2004/05
• 2003/04
• 2001/02

Occupation description +	Major or sub-major group	Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
		Sample cases	Estimated prevalence (thousands)			Rate per 100 employed in the last 12 months
			central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
				lower	upper		lower	upper
Managers and senior officials	1	100	50	40	60	1.2	0.97	1.5
Corporate managers	11	73	36	28	45	1.1	0.86	1.4
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services	12	27	14	9	19	1.6	0.97	2.2
Professional occupations	2	94	47	37	56	1.3	1.1	1.6
Science and technology professionals	21	23	12	7	17	1.2	0.71	1.7
Health professionals	22	6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Teaching and research professionals	23	45	21	15	27	1.5	1.0	1.9
Business and public service professionals	24	20	11	6	16	1.3	0.70	1.8
Associate professional and technical occupations	3	140	72	60	84	1.8	1.5	2.1
Science and technology associate professionals	31	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health and social welfare associate professionals	32	60	30	22	37	2.9	2.2	3.6
Protective service occupations	33	15	*	*	*	*	*	*
Culture, media and sports occupations	34	26	13	8	19	2.3	1.4	3.2
Business and public service associate professionals	35	32	17	11	23	1.1	0.73	1.5
Administrative and secretarial occupations	4	64	32	24	40	0.86	0.65	1.1
Administrative occupations	41	43	21	15	28	0.78	0.54	1.0
Secretarial and related occupations	42	21	11	6	15	1.1	0.62	1.6
Skilled trades occupations	5	210	105	90	119	3.2	2.8	3.6
Skilled agricultural trades	51	21	10	6	14	3.3	1.9	4.7
Skilled metal and electrical trades	52	74	37	29	46	3.0	2.3	3.6
Skilled construction and building trades	53	94	46	37	56	4.2	3.4	5.0
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades	54	21	11	6	16	1.9	1.1	2.7
Personal service occupations	6	76	36	28	45	1.6	1.3	2.0
Caring personal service occupations	61	60	29	22	36	1.7	1.3	2.2
Leisure and other personal service occupations	62	16	*	*	*	*	*	*
Sales and customer service occupations	7	45	22	16	29	0.91	0.64	1.2
Sales occupations	71	34	17	11	22	0.81	0.53	1.1
Customer service occupations	72	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
Process, plant and machine operatives	8	101	52	42	62	2.4	1.9	2.9
Process, plant and machine operatives	81	54	28	20	36	2.5	1.8	3.2
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives	82	47	24	17	31	2.3	1.6	2.9
Elementary occupations	9	114	59	48	70	1.7	1.4	2.0
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations	91	46	23	16	30	2.2	1.6	2.9
Elementary administration and service occupations	92	68	36	27	44	1.4	1.1	1.8
All occupations		944	475	444	506	1.6	1.5	1.7

Notes:

• * Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates
• Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases
• + See Appendix 4 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for details of Standard Occupational Classification
• See section 2.7 and Appendix 3.2 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for more details on prevalence estimates and rates.
• The estimates in this table take account of revisions made to the Great Britain population estimates following the 2001 Census.