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Table WRISIZE4 - 2007/08

Estimated incidence 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 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              
Small (less than 50 employees)~ 407 240 216 263 1460 1320 1610
Medium (50-249 employees) 184 106 90 121 1750 1490 2010
Large (250+ employees) 246 142 124 160 2100 1830 2360
Missing/unknown 21 .. .. .. .. .. ..
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

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

+ 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.

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


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