Occupation | WAA (n = 210) | NOA (n = 891) | All | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | Rate† | % | Rate‡ | Rate§ | |
†Average annual rate per 100 000 workers with current asthma per year. | |||||
‡Average annual rate per 100 000 workers without current asthma per year. | |||||
§Average annual rate per 100 000 workers per year, irrespective of asthma status. | |||||
*p<0.05, **p<0.01, by χ2 test. | |||||
Technical, sales, administrative support** | 34% | 3.8 | 18% | 0.7 | 0.9 |
Managerial and professional specialty | 22% | 3.0 | 17% | 0.8 | 0.9 |
Operators, fabricators, and labourers** | 18% | 5.8 | 36% | 3.4 | 3.5 |
Service* | 17% | 4.8 | 11% | 1.1 | 1.4 |
Precision production, craft, repair** | 7% | 3.1 | 16% | 1.9 | 1.9 |
Farming, forestry, and fishing | 2% | 4.1 | 2% | 1.3 | 1.4 |
Other | – | – | <1% | – | – |
Overall | 100% | 3.9 | 100% | 1.3 | 1.5 |