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Table WRIOCC6 - 2007/08

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work and associated average days lost per (full-time equivalent) worker due to a self-reported illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job, by occupational major and sub-major group

Occupation description + Major or sub-major group Illness ascribed to their current/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
Managers and senior officials 1 124 3330 2310 4350 0.77 0.54 1.01
Corporate managers 11 103 2770 1831 3710 0.81 0.54 1.09
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services 12 21 560 168 952 0.62 0.19 1.06
Professional occupations 2 145 2874 2034 3714 0.87 0.62 1.13
Science and technology professionals 21 23 276 97 456 0.28 0.099 0.46
Health professionals 22 14 * * * * * *
Teaching and research professionals 23 72 1577 940 2214 1.46 0.87 2.05
Business and public service professionals 24 36 702 288 1117 0.76 0.31 1.21
Associate professional and technical occupations 3 218 4054 3097 5011 1.12 0.85 1.38
Science and technology associate professionals 31 16 * * * * * *
Health and social welfare associate professionals 32 94 1584 1023 2146 1.88 1.22 2.55
Protective service occupations 33 25 402 121 684 1.09 0.33 1.86
Culture, media and sports occupations 34 19 * * * * * *
Business and public service associate professionals 35 64 1555 888 2222 1.07 0.61 1.52
Administrative and secretarial occupations 4 109 2580 1819 3342 1.06 0.75 1.38
Administrative occupations 41 81 1862 1232 2493 0.99 0.65 1.32
Secretarial and related occupations 42 28 718 291 1145 1.33 0.54 2.11
Skilled trades occupations 5 141 2644 1829 3459 0.85 0.59 1.12
Skilled agricultural trades 51 10 * * * * * *
Skilled metal and electrical trades 52 55 818 408 1229 0.7 0.35 1.05
Skilled construction and building trades 53 61 1479 798 2159 1.25 0.68 1.83
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades 54 15 * * * * * *
Personal service occupations 6 104 2205 1516 2895 1.35 0.93 1.77
Caring personal service occupations 61 80 1843 1195 2491 1.48 0.96 1.99
Leisure and other personal service occupations 62 24 362 127 597 0.94 0.33 1.54
Sales and customer service occupations 7 58 882 495 1269 0.65 0.36 0.93
Sales occupations 71 41 546 292 799 0.52 0.28 0.76
Customer service occupations 72 17 * * * * * *
Process, plant and machine operatives 8 86 2397 1536 3259 1.21 0.77 1.64
Process, plant and machine operatives 81 41 1068 495 1641 1.19 0.55 1.82
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives 82 45 1329 685 1973 1.23 0.63 1.82
Elementary occupations 9 96 2151 1464 2839 0.92 0.63 1.22
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations 91 39 734 347 1122 0.85 0.4 1.31
Elementary administration and service occupations 92 57 1417 849 1985 0.96 0.58 1.35
Missing   1 .. .. .. .. .. ..
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)   1082 23146 20752 25541 0.96 0.86 1.06
Other job caused illness#   207 4503 3403 5602 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)   1289 27649 25011 30287 1.15 1.04 1.26

Notes:

.. Not applicable

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

$ For people taking time off work.

+ 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 40 sample cases.

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Updated 15.09.09