Health and Safety Executive

Table WRIOCC4 - 2007/08

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

Occupation description + Major or sub-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 1 126 72 59 85 1590 1310 1870
Corporate managers 11 104 60 48 72 1660 1340 1990
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services 12 22 12 7 17 1290 740 1840
Professional occupations 2 128 75 61 88 1920 1580 2260
Science and technology professionals 21 24 15 9 20 1350 800 1890
Health professionals 22 12 * * * * * *
Teaching and research professionals 23 59 33 25 42 2310 1710 2910
Business and public service professionals 24 33 19 13 26 1900 1240 2550
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 177 102 87 117 2320 1980 2670
Science and technology associate professionals 31 13 * * * * * *
Health and social welfare associate professionals 32 69 39 30 48 3410 2620 4210
Protective service occupations 33 23 14 8 19 3680 2170 5180
Culture, media and sports occupations 34 17 * * * * * *
Business and public service associate professionals 35 55 31 23 39 1810 1330 2300
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 88 51 40 62 1490 1170 1800
Administrative occupations 41 71 41 31 51 1550 1190 1920
Secretarial and related occupations 42 17 * * * * * *
Skilled trades occupations 5 94 56 44 67 1690 1350 2040
Skilled agricultural trades 51 11 * * * * * *
Skilled metal and electrical trades 52 42 25 17 33 2050 1430 2680
Skilled construction and building trades 53 34 20 13 27 1670 1110 2240
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades 54 7 * * * * * *
Personal service occupations 6 76 44 34 54 1800 1390 2210
Caring personal service occupations 61 53 30 22 39 1620 1180 2060
Leisure and other personal service occupations 62 23 13 8 19 2420 1430 3410
Sales and customer service occupations 7 43 25 18 33 1070 740 1400
Sales occupations 71 31 19 12 26 980 630 1330
Customer service occupations 72 12 * * * * * *
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 57 34 25 43 1590 1170 2000
Process, plant and machine operatives 81 27 17 10 23 1650 1020 2270
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 82 30 18 11 24 1530 980 2090
Elementary occupations 9 68 40 31 50 1090 830 1350
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations 91 30 18 11 24 1680 1080 2290
Elementary administration and service occupations 92 38 23 15 30 850 580 1130
Missing   1 .. .. .. .. .. ..
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   858 500 466 535 1650 1540 1770
Other job caused illness#   105 62 50 74 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   963 563 526 599 1860 1740 1980

Notes:

.. Not applicable

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

+ Details of Standard Occupational Classification (2000)

# 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.

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


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