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Table THORP05

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 industry 2006-2008

Industry(a) SIC92 Psychiatrists (SOSMI)(p) Occupational physician (OPRA)(b)(p)
section division 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)
Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry A   5 1 - -
Fishing B   1 5 - 2
Mining, Quarrying C   9 9 32 30
Manufacturing D   139 4 331 9
Extraction of Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas; Service Activities Incidental to Oil and Gas Extraction, excluding Surveying   11 9 12 32 46
Manufacture of food and beverages   15 14 4 43 11
Publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media   22 9 3 15 4
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products   24 29 11 72 28
Manufacture of other Non-Metallic Mineral Products   26 9 8 9 8
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment   28 10 3 34 9
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers   34 25 10 54 22
Manufacture of other transport equipment   35 9 4 23 10
Gas, Electricity and Water Supply E   17 8 209 102
Electricity, gas, steam and hot water supply   40 17 12 201 141
Collection, Purification and Distribution of Water   41 1 1 10 15
Construction F   36 2 11 -
Wholesale and Retail Trade: Repair of Motor Vehicles, Motorcycles and Personal and Household Goods G   103 2 81 2
Sale, Maintenance and Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles; Retail Sale of Automotive Fuel   50 24 5 9 2
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles: repair of personal and household goods   52 77 3 72 2
Hotels and Restaurants H   20 2 12 1
Transport, Storage and Communication I   60 3 110 6
Land transport; transport via pipelines   60 16 2 26 4
Supporting and auxiliary transport activities; activities of travel agencies   63 10 2 21 4
Post and telecommunication   64 26 4 51 9
Financial Intermediation J   195 16 115 9
Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding   65 130 17 81 11
Insurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security   66 30 36 33 39
Activities Auxiliary to Financial Intermediation   67 35 9 1 -
Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities K   191 5 184 5
Computer and related activities   72 64 12 31 6
Research & development   73 8 8 22 22
Other business activities   74 118 5 73 3
Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security L   301 15 597 29
Education M   199 7 430 16
Health and Social Work N   410 11 1834 51
Other Community, Social and Personal Service Activities O   47 3 79 4
Activities of Membership Organisations not elsewhere classified   91 21 8 14 6
Recreational, cultural and sporting activities   92 22 2 40 4
Private Households with Employed Persons P   - - 4 3
Extra-Territorial Organisations and Bodies Q   - - - -
All industries     1782 6 4053 14

Notes

  • (a) All SIC 92 Sections are shown, as are SIC 92 Divisions 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 industries 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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