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Table STROCC4 - 2006/07

Estimated incidence and rates of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by occupational major group, for people working in the last 12 months.

Occupation description + Major group Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
Sample cases Estimated incidence (thousands) Rate per 100 000 employed in the last 12 months
central 95% C.I. central 95% C.I.
lower upper lower upper
Managers and senior officials 1 77 42 32 51 960 750 1180
Professional occupations 2 66 35 27 44 930 700 1150
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 69 38 29 47 920 700 1140
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 54 29 21 37 830 600 1050
Skilled trades occupations 5 20 11 6 16 350 190 510
Personal service occupations 6 44 25 17 33 1070 740 1400
Sales and customer service occupations 7 25 14 8 19 600 360 830
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 12 * * * * * *
Elementary occupations 9 28 17 10 23 470 290 650
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   395 217 195 239 740 670 820
Other job caused or made illness worse#   45 25 18 32 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   440 242 219 265 830 750 910

Notes:

.. Not applicable

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases.

+ 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.