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Table STROCC3 - 2004/05

Estimated 2004/05 incidence of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work, by occupational major group, for people ever employed

Occupation description + Major group Illness ascribed to any job
Sample cases Estimated incidence (thousands)
central 95% C.I.
lower upper
Managers and senior officials 1 102 53 42 63
Professional occupations 2 84 43 34 52
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 78 41 31 50
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 65 34 25 42
Skilled trades occupations 5 19 * * *
Personal service occupations 6 26 14 9 19
Sales and customer service occupations 7 38 20 14 27
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 23 12 7 17
Elementary occupations 9 30 17 11 23
Missing/unknown   3 .. .. ..
All occupations   468 245 222 268

Notes:

  • Definitions and data reliability
  • .. Not applicable
  • * 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 2.8 and Appendix 3.2 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for more details on incidence estimates.
  • The estimates in this table take account of revisions made to the Great Britain population estimates following the 2001 Census.

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Updated 12.05.08