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Table WRISIZE2 - 2007/08

Estimated prevalence and rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job, for small, medium and large workplaces, for people working in the last 12 months

Workplace size + Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
Sample cases Estimated prevalence (thousands) Rate per 100 000 employed in the last 12 months
central 95% C.I. central 95% C.I.
lower upper lower upper
Illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job              
Small (less than 50 employees)~ 883 510 476 545 3120 2910 3320
Medium (50-249 employees) 379 218 196 241 3620 3250 3990
Large (250+ employees) 482 277 251 302 4100 3730 4470
Missing/unknown 35 .. .. .. .. .. ..
All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job) 1779 1027 978 1077 3400 3230 3560
Other job caused or made illness worse, workplace size unknown# 408 234 211 257 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job) 2187 1261 1206 1316 4170 3990 4350

Notes:

.. Not applicable

+ Relates to the number of people at their workplace, which is not necessarily the same as the number of people working for the company.

~ Includes those who are self employed on their own or with partners who have no employees.

# 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.

Individuals who gave the response 'Don't know but between 50 and 499' have been coded as missing/unknown.


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