• 2004/05
• 2003/04
• 2001/02

Occupation description +		Major, sub-major or minor 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	248	129	112	145	3.0	2.6	3.4
Corporate managers		11	200	104	89	118	3.1	2.7	3.5
	Corporate managers and senior officials	111	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Production managers	112	28	15	9	20	2.5	1.5	3.4
	Functional managers	113	66	34	26	43	2.7	2.0	3.3
	Quality and customer care managers	114	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Financial institution and office managers	115	23	12	7	16	2.9	1.7	4.1
	Managers in distribution, storage and retailing	116	31	16	11	22	2.9	1.9	3.9
	Protective service officers	117	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Health and social services managers	118	23	12	7	17	5.8	3.5	8.2
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services		12	48	25	18	32	2.8	2.0	3.6
	Managers in farming, horticulture, forestry and fishing	121	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Managers and proprietors in hospitality and leisure services	122	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Managers and proprietors in other services industries	123	32	16	10	22	3.2	2.1	4.3
Professional occupations		2	279	145	127	162	4.1	3.6	4.5
Science and technology professionals		21	71	38	28	47	3.8	2.9	4.7
	Science professionals	211	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Engineering professionals	212	33	18	12	24	4.1	2.7	5.5
	Information and communication technology professionals	213	24	13	7	18	3.0	1.7	4.2
Health professionals		22	20	11	6	15	3.7	2.1	5.4
Teaching and research professionals		23	140	70	59	82	5.0	4.2	5.8
	Teaching professionals	231	131	66	54	77	5.0	4.1	5.8
	Research professionals	232	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
Business and public service professionals		24	48	26	18	34	3.0	2.1	3.8
	Legal professionals	241	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Business and statistical professionals	242	16	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Architects, town planners, surveyors	243	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public service professionals	244	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Librarians and related professionals	245	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
Associate professional and technical occupations		3	337	178	159	198	4.5	4.0	5.0
Science and technology associate professionals		31	35	19	13	25	3.6	2.4	4.8
	Science and engineering technicians	311	22	12	7	16	4.8	2.8	6.8
	Draughtspersons and building inspectors	312	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	IT service delivery occupations	313	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health and social welfare associate professionals		32	139	71	59	83	6.8	5.7	7.9
	Health associate professionals	321	94	47	38	57	7.4	5.9	8.8
	Therapists	322	17	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Social welfare associate professionals	323	28	15	9	21	5.6	3.5	7.6
Protective service occupations		33	29	16	10	22	4.8	3.1	6.6
Culture, media and sports occupations		34	37	20	13	27	3.3	2.2	4.4
	Artistic and literary occupations	341	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Design associate professionals	342	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Media associate professionals	343	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Sports and fitness occupations	344	6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Business and public service associate professionals		35	97	52	42	63	3.5	2.8	4.3
	Transport associate professionals	351	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Legal associate professionals	352	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Business and finance associate professionals	353	28	16	10	23	3.6	2.3	5.0
	Sales and related associate professionals	354	28	15	9	21	3.4	2.1	4.7
	Conservation associate professionals	355	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public service and other associate professionals	356	31	16	10	21	3.4	2.2	4.7
Administrative and secretarial occupations		4	195	100	86	114	2.7	2.3	3.1
Administrative occupations		41	139	72	60	84	2.6	2.2	3.1
	Administrative occupations: government and related organisations	411	46	23	16	30	4.2	3.0	5.4
	Administrative occupations: finance	412	38	21	14	27	2.4	1.6	3.2
	Administrative occupations: records	413	28	15	9	21	2.6	1.6	3.5
	Administrative occupations: communications	414	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Administrative occupations: general	415	23	12	7	16	1.7	1.0	2.4
Secretarial and related occupations		42	56	28	20	35	3.0	2.2	3.7
Skilled trades occupations		5	250	133	116	150	4.1	3.6	4.6
Skilled agricultural trades		51	26	13	8	18	4.5	2.8	6.2
Skilled metal and electrical trades		52	86	45	35	55	3.6	2.8	4.3
	Metal forming, welding and related trades	521	17	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Metal machining, fitting and instrument making trades	522	20	11	6	15	2.7	1.5	3.8
	Vehicle trades	523	25	14	8	19	4.7	2.8	6.6
	Electrical trades	524	24	13	7	18	2.8	1.7	4.0
Skilled construction and building trades		53	98	53	42	64	4.7	3.8	5.6
	Construction trades	531	80	43	34	53	5.0	3.9	6.1
	Building trades	532	18	*	*	*	*	*	*
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades		54	40	22	15	29	3.8	2.6	4.9
	Textiles and garments trades	541	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Printing trades	542	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Food preparation trades	543	22	13	7	18	3.9	2.2	5.5
	Skilled trades n.e.c.	549	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
Personal service occupations		6	151	78	65	90	3.4	2.9	4.0
Caring personal service occupations		61	120	61	50	72	3.5	2.9	4.2
	Healthcare and related personal services	611	84	43	33	52	4.6	3.6	5.6
	Childcare and related personal services	612	33	17	11	22	2.2	1.5	3.0
	Animal care services	613	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Leisure and other personal service occupations		62	31	17	11	23	3.1	2.0	4.3
	Leisure and travel service occupations	621	5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Hairdressers and related occupations	622	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Housekeeping occupations	623	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Personal services occupations n.e.c	629	1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Sales and customer service occupations		7	117	62	51	74	2.6	2.1	3.0
Sales occupations		71	95	52	41	62	2.6	2.1	3.1
	Sales assistants and retail cashiers	711	87	47	37	57	2.6	2.1	3.2
	Sales related occupations	712	8	*	*	*	*	*	*
Customer service occupations		72	22	10	6	15	2.5	1.4	3.5
Process, plant and machine operatives		8	152	78	66	91	3.7	3.1	4.3
Process, plant and machine operatives		81	78	40	31	49	3.8	3.0	4.6
	Process operatives	811	25	13	8	17	3.8	2.3	5.3
	Plant and machine operatives	812	20	10	6	15	4.9	2.8	7.0
	Assemblers and routine operatives	813	23	12	7	17	3.3	2.0	4.7
	Construction operatives	814	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives		82	74	38	29	47	3.6	2.7	4.4
	Transport drivers and operatives	821	63	32	24	41	3.6	2.7	4.5
	Mobile machine drivers and operatives	822	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
Elementary occupations		9	173	90	77	104	2.6	2.2	3.0
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations		91	69	37	28	45	3.5	2.6	4.3
	Elementary agricultural occupations	911	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary construction occupations	912	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary process plant occupations	913	18	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary goods storage occupations	914	35	18	12	25	4.1	2.7	5.5
Elementary administration and service occupations		92	104	54	43	64	2.2	1.8	2.6
	Elementary administration occupations	921	23	12	7	16	4.3	2.6	6.0
	Elementary personal services occupations	922	20	11	6	15	1.2	0.65	1.7
	Elementary cleaning occupations	923	38	19	13	26	2.5	1.7	3.3
	Elementary security occupations	924	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary sales occupations	925	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
All occupations			1902	993	947	1039	3.4	3.3	3.6

Notes:

• Definitions and data reliability
• * 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.