Table 5

ORs for influenza in occupations with >50 exposed cases

Occupation	ISCO 2008 No	Exposed cases (N)	OR	95% CI
Primary care physicians	2211	316	3.21	2.78 to 3.73
Protective service workers NEC	5419	53	2.46	1.78 to 3.41
Elementary workers NEC	9629	145	2.43	1.98 to 2.97
Medical and pathology laboratory technicians	3212	57	2.31	1.69 to 3.15
Taxi drivers	8322	104	1.95	1.54 to 2.45
Home-based personal care workers	5322	811	1.91	1.72 to 2.11
Teacher’s aides	5312	143	1.87	1.53 to 2.28
Personal care workers in health services NEC	5329	64	1.87	1.40 to 2.49
Bus and tram drivers	8331	126	1.83	1.49 to 2.26
Nursing professionals	2121	470	1.75	1.55 to 1.97
Healthcare assistants	5321	1289	1.72	1.57 to 1.87
Earth-moving and related plant operators	8342	72	1.71	1.30 to 2.24
Kitchen helpers	9412	297	1.71	1.48 to 1.98
Hairdressers	5141	51	1.69	1.23 to 2.33
Child-care workers	5311	433	1.69	1.49 to 1.91
Government and social benefit officials	3353	66	1.68	1.27 to 2.22
Domestic cleaners	9111	359	1.53	1.34 to 1.74
Heavy truck and lorry drivers	8332	212	1.52	1.29 to 1.79
Security guards	5414	61	1.50	1.12 to 2.00
Manufacturing labourers NEC	9329	84	1.50	1.17 to 1.92
Building caretakers	5153	168	1.49	1.25 to 1.79
Fitness and recreation instructors	3423	61	1.48	1.11 to 1.97
Welders and flame cutters	7212	55	1.46	1.08 to 1.98
Food and related products machine operators	8160	55	1.45	1.07 to 1.96
Social work associate professionals	3412	97	1.43	1.14 to 1.80
Employment agents and contractors	3333	59	1.40	0.78 to 1.40
Motor vehicle mechanics and repairers	7231	112	1.40	1.12 to 1.73
Teaching professionals NEC	2359	73	1.38	1.06 to 1.79
Shop sales assistants	5223	644	1.37	1.23 to 1.52
Police officers	5412	61	1.36	1.02 to 1.81
Managing directors	1120	62	1.35	1.02 to 1.80
Early childhood educators	2342	321	1.32	1.15 to 1.51
Gardeners, horticulturalists and nursery growers	6113	53	1.29	0.95 to 1.75
Regulatory government professionals NEC	3359	51	1.28	0.94 to 1.73
Social work and counselling professionals	2635	123	1.27	1.04 to 1.56
Data entry clerks	4132	233	1.27	1.09 to 1.48
Professional services mangers	1349	71	1.26	0.97 to 1.64
Shopkeepers	5221	83	1.23	0.97 to 1.57
Assemblers NEC	8219	86	1.23	0.97 to 1.56
Secondary education teachers	2330	93	1.22	0.97 to 1.54
Contact centre information clerks	4222	89	1.22	0.96 to 1.54
Cooks	5120	100	1.21	0.97 to 1.51
Building frame and related trade workers NEC	7119	62	1.21	0.92 to 1.61
Accounting and bookkeeping clerks	4311	103	1.20	0.96 to 1.49
Waiters	5131	64	1.20	0.91 to 1.59
Health service managers	1342	55	1.19	0.88 to 1.59
Production clerks	4322	270	1.19	1.03 to 1.37
Primary school teachers	2341	328	1.17	1.02 to 1.33
Metal-working machine tool setters	7223	137	1.17	0.96 to 1.42
University and higher education teachers	2310	109	1.16	0.94 to 1.44
Policy administration officials	2422	213	1.14	0.97 to 1.33
Physical and engineering technicians NEC	3119	65	1.12	0.85 to 1.46
Agricultural and industrial machinery mechanics and repairers	7233	69	1.09	0.84 to 1.43
Engineering professionals	2149	60	1.07	0.81 to 1.42
Civil engineers	3112	50	1.07	0.78 to 1.45
House builders	7111	103	1.06	0.88 to 1.28
Credit and loans officers	3312	73	1.05	0.81 to 1.86
Business services agents NEC	3339	55	1.05	0.78 to 1.40
Personnel clerks	4416	62	1.00	0.76 to 1.32
Mechanical engineers	3115	86	0.99	0.78 to 1.25
Plumbers	7126	94	0.98	0.78 to 1.24
Electricians	7411	75	0.98	0.76 to 1.26
Electrical engineers	3113	51	0.96	0.71 to 1.30

OR are shown with 95% CI relative to occupations with low exposure in a national case–control study covering 1 July 2006 to 31 December 2019.*
*The reference group was defined as occupations classified with the lowest level of potential exposure to influenza using the JEMs.
ISCO, International Classification of Occupations; JEMs, job-exposure matrices; NEC, not elsewhere classified.