Table WRISIZE5 - 2004/05

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work and associated average days lost per worker due to a self-reported illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by workplace size, 2004/05, 2003/04 and 2001/02

2004/05
2003/04
2001/02

Number of people in workplace +	Illness ascribed to the current or most recent job
	Sample cases #	Days lost (thousands)			Average days lost per worker
		central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
		central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Self employed on own or with partners but no employees	87	1713	973	2454	0.72	0.41	1.0

1-24	305	5190	4065	6315	0.74	0.58	0.90
25+	796	16555	14542	18569	1.2	1.1	1.4
Missing	8	..	..	..	..	..	..

1-49	473	8747	7227	10267	0.90	0.74	1.1
50+	628	12999	11260	14738	1.2	1.0	1.4
Missing	8	..	..	..	..	..	..
All persons	1196	23637	21191	26082	1.0	0.92	1.1

Notes:

Definitions and data reliability
.. Not applicable
# For people taking time off work.
+ Relates to the number of people at their workplace, which is not necessarily the same as the number of people working for the company.
See section 2.9 and Appendix 3.2 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for more details on days lost calculations.
The estimates in this table take account of revisions made to the Great Britain population estimates following the 2001 Census.