Table THORP04

Work-related mental ill-health: estimated number of cases reported by psychiatrists to SOSMI and by occupational physicians to OPRA and estimated rates per 100 000 workers per year, by occupation 2005-2007

Occupation(a)	SOC2000		Psychiatrists (SOSMI)(p)		Occupational physician (OPRA)(b)(p)
			Psychiatrists (SOSMI)(p)		Occupational physician (OPRA)(b)(p)
			Annual average estimated cases(c) 2005-2007	Rate per 100,000 workers per year(d)	Annual average estimated cases(c) 2005-2007	Rate per 100,000 workers per year(d)
	major group	unit group
	major group	unit group
Managers and Senior Officials	1		273	7	571	14
Production, works and maintenance managers		1121	11	3	64	17
Managers in mining and energy		1123	8	63	25	196
Financial managers and chartered secretaries		1131	40	18	18	8
Marketing and sales managers		1132	18	4	16	3
Personnel, training and industrial relations managers		1135	15	10	23	16
Information and communication technology managers		1136	19	7	19	7
Research and development managers		1137	1	1	3	5
Customer care managers		1142	-	-	11	14
Financial institution managers		1151	11	7	17	11
Office managers		1152	10	4	34	14
Retail and wholesale managers		1163	17	4	13	3
Officers in armed forces		1171	40	169	-	-
Police officers (inspectors and above)		1172	1	7	8	55
Hospital and health service managers		1181	18	26	136	199
Social services managers		1184	9	21	17	37
Residential and day care managers		1185	9	16	27	46
Hotel and accommodation managers		1221	-	-	34	74
Property, housing and land managers		1231	-	-	18	18
Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.		1239	9	5	21	12
Professional Occupations	2		460	13	652	18
Biological scientists and biochemists		2112	1	1	16	20
IT strategy and plann proff		2131	17	13	13	9
Software professionals		2132	11	4	32	11
Medical practitioners		2211	160	83	136	71
Dental practitioners		2215	8	28	16	59
Higher education teaching professionals		2311	29	24	14	12
Further education teaching professionals		2312	1	1	46	39
Secondary education teaching professionals		2314	119	32	153	41
Primary and nursery education teaching professional		2315	18	5	9	2
Registrars and senior administrators of educational establishments		2317	4	12	22	60
Scientific researchers		2321	5	36	10	70
Solicitors and lawyers, judges and coroners		2411	19	13	13	9
Social workers		2442	20	20	66	67
Probation officers		2443	1	6	23	205
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	3		484	12	1268	32
Laboratory technicians		3111	-	-	30	51
Science and engineering technicians n.e.c.		3119	4	12	22	60
IT operations technicians		3131	16	13	24	19
IT user support technicians		3132	4	7	18	29
Nurses		3211	102	20	493	97
Midwives		3212	12	36	55	157
Paramedics		3213	8	42	18	89
Occupational therapists		3222	1	4	30	108
Youth and community workers		3231	4	5	17	19
Housing and welfare officers		3232	18	11	53	33
NCOs and other ranks		3311	158	284	5	8
Police officers (sergeant and below)		3312	49	31	123	78
Fire service officers (leading fire officer and below)		3313	6	15	25	65
Prison service officers (below principal officer)		3314	16	39	38	96
Broadcasting associate professionals		3432	-	-	12	28
Finance and investment analysts/advisers		3534	9	5	9	6
Business and related associate professionals n.e.c.		3539	1	1	34	29
Sales representatives		3542	2	1	17	8
Public service associate professionals		3561	5	7	11	16
Personnel and industrial relations officers		3562	2	1	39	28
Vocational and industrial trainers and instructors		3563	-	-	19	14
Occupational hygienists and safety officers (health and safety)		3567	9	23	31	80
Adminstrative and Secretarial Occupations	4		155	5	739	22
Civil Service administrative officers and assistants		4112	14	7	41	20
Local government clerical officers and assistants		4113	25	13	84	43
Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks		4122	26	5	89	17
Counter clerks		4123	13	7	9	5
Filing and other records assistants/clerks		4131	-	-	58	37
Communication operators		4142	-	-	16	54
General office assistants/clerks		4150	26	4	209	32
Medical secretaries		4211	-	-	64	94
Personal assistants and other secretaries		4215	14	4	67	21
Receptionists		4216	1	-	36	15
Skilled Trades Occupations	5		129	4	73	2
Metal working production and maintenance fitters		5223	38	17	24	11
Electricians, electrical fitters		5241	18	8	5	2
Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers		5314	9	5	5	3
Chefs, cooks		5434	4	2	14	6
Personal Service Occupations	6		78	4	339	15
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants		6111	17	8	151	73
Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics)		6112	-	2	16	93
Care assistants and home carers		6115	25	4	92	15
Educational assistants		6124	9	2	22	6
Caretakers		6232	8	11	15	20
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	7		58	3	181	9
Sales and retail assistants		7111	36	3	25	2
Call centre agents/operators		7211	4	4	26	28
Customer care occupations		7212	13	4	103	36
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	8		67	3	183	9
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives		8111	5	4	7	5
Chemical and related process operatives		8114	9	19	26	57
Metal working machine operatives		8125	17	21	17	21
Heavy goods vehicle drivers		8211	9	3	14	5
Elementary Occupations	9		96	3	123	4
Other goods handling and storage occupations n.e.c.		9149	13	3	15	4
Postal workers, mail sorters, messengers, couriers		9211	20	10	11	5
Hospital porters		9221	-	-	15	91
Kitchen and catering assistants		9223	8	2	10	3
Cleaners, domestics		9233	1	-	16	3
Total - all occupations			1873	7	4149	15

Notes:

(a) All SOC2000 Major Groups are shown, as are SOC2000 Unit Groups with 10 or more actual cases reported to either SOSMI or OPRA over the period 2005-2007. Figures are shown in light type if they are based on fewer than 10 actual cases.
(b) Comparisons of rates based on OPRA reports are likely to be misleading because workers in some occupations are much more likely to have access to occupational physicians than those in others.
(c) Some physicians report on a sample basis, for one month in each year. Estimated totals for these are calculated by multiplying the actual number of cases reported by 12.
(d) The rates have been calculated using the average of the Office for National Statistics Annual Population Survey (APS) denominators for the years 2005-2007.
"-" can mean either zero or rounds to zero.
nec Not elsewhere classified.
(p) Provisional.