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Table WRISIZE3 - 2007/08

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

Number of people in workplace + 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
Illness caused or made worse by current or most recent job              
Self employed on own or with partners but no employees 66 39 29 48 1260 950 1570
               
1-24 employees 230 134 116 151 1380 1200 1560
25+ employees 561 328 300 356 1900 1740 2050
Missing 1 .. .. .. .. .. ..
               
1-49 employees 341 201 179 223 1510 1350 1670
50+ employees 450 260 236 285 1910 1730 2090
Missing 1 .. .. .. .. .. ..
               
All persons (illness ascribed to current or most recent job) 858 500 466 535 1650 1540 1770
Other job caused or made illness worse, workplace size unknown# 105 62 50 74 .. .. ..
Total (illness ascribed to any job) 963 563 526 599 1860 1740 1980

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 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.


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Updated 19.10.09