• 2006/07
• 2005/06

Industry description +		Section	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.
					lower	upper		lower	upper
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing		A&B	15	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Agriculture, hunting and forestry	A	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Fishing	B	1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Extractive and utility supply		C&E	9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Mining and quarrying	C	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Electricity, gas and water supply	E	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
Manufacturing		D	61	1036	504	1568	0.32	0.15	0.48
Construction		F	64	1106	601	1612	0.51	0.27	0.74
Wholesale, retail trade, hotels and restaurants		G&H	72	1120	574	1666	0.29	0.15	0.42
	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods	G	58	999	463	1534	0.33	0.15	0.50
	Hotels and restaurants	H	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
Transport, storage and communication		I	40	995	380	1609	0.56	0.22	0.91
Finance and business		J&K	51	679	303	1055	0.17	0.077	0.27
	Financial intermediation	J	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Real estate, renting and business activities	K	39	528	170	887	0.18	0.059	0.31
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		L	30	698	265	1130	0.42	0.16	0.68
Education		M	25	313	53	572	0.17	0.029	0.31
Health and social work		N	82	1440	789	2091	0.57	0.31	0.82
Other community, social and personal service activities		O	32	674	275	1074	0.55	0.23	0.88
Other		P&Q	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Private households with employed persons	P	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
All industries (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)			484	8392	6895	9889	0.36	0.30	0.43
Other job caused or made illness worse#			120	2322	1441	3204	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)			604	10715	8973	12457	0.46	0.39	0.54

Notes:

.. Not applicable.

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 40 sample cases.

$ For people taking time off work.

+ Details of Standard Industrial Classification (1992)

# Includes those who did not answer the question identifying the job to which their illness was ascribed and those who said their illness was ascribed to a job other than their current or most recent in the last 12 months.

• Definitions and data reliability
• Tables are available for earlier years
• See Table MSDIND6SIG for tests of statistical significance