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Table THORP04

Work-related mental ill-health: estimated number of cases reported by psychiatrists to SOSMI and by occupational physicians to OPRA and estimated rates per 100 000 workers per year, by occupation 2006-2008

Occupation(a) SOC2000 Psychiatrists (SOSMI)(p) Occupational physician (OPRA)(b)(p)
major group unit group Annual average estimated cases(c) 2006-2008 Rate per 100,000 workers per year(d) Annual average estimated cases(c) 2006-2008 Rate per 100,000 workers per year(d)
Managers and Senior Officials 1   278 6 465 11
Senior officials in local government   1113 - 1 12 42
Production, works and maintenance managers   1121 10 3 52 14
Financial managers and chartered secretaries   1131 37 16 23 10
Marketing and sales managers   1132 17 3 14 3
Personnel, training and industrial relations managers   1135 7 4 14 9
Information and communication technology managers   1136 14 5 7 2
Research and development managers   1137 9 15 2 4
Customer care managers   1142 - - 7 8
Financial institution managers   1151 17 11 13 8
Office managers   1152 6 2 34 14
Retail and wholesale managers   1163 17 5 6 2
Officers in armed forces   1171 40 179 - -
Police officers (inspectors and above)   1172 1 5 7 54
Hospital and health service managers   1181 9 14 130 188
Social services managers   1184 5 12 16 37
Residential and day care managers   1185 12 23 22 41
Property, housing and land managers   1231 4 4 22 21
Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.   1239 18 10 17 10
Professional Occupations 2   429 11 699 18
Biological scientists and biochemists   2112 1 1 16 19
IT strategy and plann proff   2131 17 13 12 10
Software professionals   2132 10 4 26 9
Medical practitioners   2211 156 81 150 78
Dental practitioners   2215 11 50 24 110
Higher education teaching professionals   2311 21 18 31 26
Further education teaching professionals   2312 5 4 47 40
Secondary education teaching professionals   2314 97 26 158 42
Primary and nursery education teaching professional   2315 15 4 15 4
Solicitors and lawyers, judges and coroners   2411 20 15 12 9
Social workers   2442 19 20 49 52
Probation officers   2443 1 7 33 338
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations 3   396 9 1255 29
Laboratory technicians   3111 - - 26 44
Science and engineering technicians n.e.c.   3119 4 12 22 59
IT operations technicians   3131 8 7 18 15
IT user support technicians   3132 4 7 14 23
Nurses   3211 82 16 526 104
Midwives   3212 4 12 35 97
Paramedics   3213 12 61 25 122
Medical and dental technicians   3218 - - 22 66
Occupational therapists   3222 1 4 34 130
Youth and community workers   3231 5 5 28 30
Housing and welfare officers   3232 5 3 35 22
NCOs and other ranks   3311 114 212 4 8
Police officers (sergeant and below)   3312 47 29 107 66
Fire service officers (leading fire officer and below)   3313 6 17 25 66
Prison service officers (below principal officer)   3314 8 19 46 114
Finance and investment analysts/advisers   3534 13 8 6 4
Business and related associate professionals n.e.c.   3539 - - 27 22
Sales representatives   3542 6 3 21 10
Public service associate professionals   3561 9 12 38 55
Personnel and industrial relations officers   3562 17 12 26 18
Vocational and industrial trainers and instructors   3563 - - 25 19
Occupational hygienists and safety officers (health and safety)   3567 8 22 22 57
Adminstrative and Secretarial Occupations 4   124 4 695 21
Civil Service administrative officers and assistants   4112 13 7 33 17
Local government clerical officers and assistants   4113 20 11 69 36
Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks   4122 30 6 68 13
Counter clerks   4123 13 7 17 9
Filing and other records assistants/clerks   4131 4 3 45 30
Communication operators   4142 - - 7 23
General office assistants/clerks   4150 13 2 203 31
Medical secretaries   4211 - - 51 79
Personal assistants and other secretaries   4215 9 3 74 24
Receptionists   4216 - - 23 10
Skilled Trades Occupations 5   82 3 103 3
Metal working production and maintenance fitters   5223 21 10 29 14
Personal Service Occupations 6   46 2 281 12
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants   6111 1 - 101 49
Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics)   6112 - - 11 68
Care assistants and home carers   6115 25 4 98 16
Educational assistants   6124 9 2 23 6
Caretakers   6232 - - 18 25
Sales and Customer Service Occupations 7   50 2 201 9
Sales and retail assistants   7111 36 3 29 2
Call centre agents/operators   7211 4 4 30 31
Customer care occupations   7212 9 3 111 37
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives 8   71 3 166 8
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives   8111 6 4 9 6
Chemical and related process operatives   8114 5 13 29 70
Construction operatives n.e.c.   8149 12 16 17 22
Heavy goods vehicle drivers   8211 2 1 9 3
Elementary Occupations 9   85 2 170 5
Other goods handling and storage occupations n.e.c.   9149 13 3 19 5
Postal workers, mail sorters, messengers, couriers   9211 4 24 7 40
Kitchen and catering assistants   9223 1 - 22 6
Cleaners, domestics   9233 1 - 30 5
Security guards and related occupations   9241 16 10 14 8
Total - all occupations     1597 5 4053 14

Notes

  • (a) All SOC2000 Major Groups are shown, as are SOC2000 Unit Groups with 10 or more actual cases reported to either SOSMI or OPRA over the period 2006-2008. Figures are shown in light type if they are based on fewer than 10 actual cases.
  • (b) Comparisons of rates based on OPRA reports are likely to be misleading because workers in some occupations are much more likely to have access to occupational physicians than those in others.
  • (c) Some physicians report on a sample basis, for one month in each year. Estimated totals for these are calculated by multiplying the actual number of cases reported by 12.
  • (d) The rates have been calculated using the average of the Office for National Statistics Annual Population Survey (APS) denominators for the years 2006-2008.
  • "-" can mean either zero or rounds to zero.
  • nec Not elsewhere classified.
  • (p) Provisional.

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