Table 3. Prevalence of Influenza like illness (ILI) by occupation and select characteristics, Washington State employed population, BRFSS September 2009 to August 2010.
| ILI (%) | ||||||||||
| Age | Gender | Months | Vaccinateda | |||||||
| 1990 Census Occupation | % ILI (95% CI) | ILI PR (95% CI) | 18–49 | 50–89 | Male | Female | Sept 2009–March 2010 | April 2010–Aug 2010 | Yes | No |
| All Currently Employed | 6.8 (6.1, 7.6) | – | 7.6 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.9 |
| Managers and Administrators, n.e.c. | 6.5 (4.2, 8.8) | 0.9 (0.6, 1.4) | 7.2 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 4.9 | 7.9 | 7.4 |
| Teachers, Elementary School | 5.1 (2.8, 7.3) | 0.7 (0.5, 1.2) | 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 7.5 |
| Registered Nurses | 5.7 (1.6, 9.9) | 0.8 (0.4, 1.8) | 7.7 | 2.3 | – | 6.1 | 7.9 | 3.4 | 9.2 | 4.7 |
| Nursing Aides, Orderlies and Attendants | 10.1 (4.9, 15.4) | 1.5 (0.9, 2.6) | 11.1 | 8.1 | – | 8.5 | 12.0 | 8.2 | – | 9.9 |
| Supervisors and Proprietors, Sales Occupations | 5.9 (2.3, 9.5) | 0.9 (0.5, 1.6) | 6.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 3.2 | – | 5.3 |
| Administrative Support Occupations | 9.5 (2.7, 16.3) | 1.4 (0.7, 2.9) | 10.8 | 6.0 | – | 7.4 | 12.4 | 6.2 | – | 10.8 |
| Technicians, n.e.c. | 3.0 (0.6, 5.3) | 0.4 (0.2, 0.9) | 2.4 | 4.4 | 1.5 | – | 4.3 | 1.4 | – | 4.7 |
| Sales Workers, Other Commodities | 4.0 (0.0, 8.0) | 0.6 (0.2, 1.7) | 4.1 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 7.6 | 5.3 | 2.2 | – | 5.3 |
| Farmers, except Horticultural | 4.0 (0.0, 9.2) | 0.6 (0.2, 2.2) | – | 1.2 | 5.4 | – | 2.1 | – | – | 2.1 |
| Janitors and Cleaners | 17.1 (6.5, 27.7) | 2.5 (1.3, 4.7) | – | 13.3 | 14.1 | 21.4 | 17.5 | 16.4 | – | 17.9 |
| Management Related Occupations, n.e.c | 6.1 (0.8, 11.5) | 0.9 (0.4, 2.2) | 7.0 | 4.1 | – | 8.6 | 10.9 | 2.0 | – | 1.0 |
| Truck Drivers | 1.6 (0.0, 3.4) | 0.2 (0.1, 0.7) | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | – | 1.0 | – | – | 2.9 |
| Managers, Medicine and Health | 7.9 (2.4, 13.4) | 1.1 (0.6, 2.3) | – | 8.6 | – | 10.5 | 8.9 | – | – | – |
| Engineers, n.e.c | 7.4 (0.0, 14.9) | 1.1 (0.4, 3.0) | – | – | 8.1 | – | 10.4 | – | – | 11.0 |
| Administrators, Education and Related Fields | 4.2 (0.3, 8.2) | 0.6 (0.2, 1.6) | – | 7.5 | 5.5 | – | 2.4 | – | – | 4.1 |
| Secretaries | 16.6 (3.7, 29.5) | 2.4 (1.1, 5.4) | – | 8.5 | – | 16.5 | – | – | – | – |
| Bookkeepers, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 9.4 (2.0, 16.8) | 1.4 (0.6, 3.1) | – | 6.7 | – | 9.8 | 12.6 | – | – | 13.1 |
| Accountants and Auditors | 5.4 (0.0, 11.6) | 0.8 (0.2, 2.5) | – | – | – | 8.3 | 5.3 | – | – | 14.9 |
| Financial Managers | 13.0 (3.1, 23.0) | 1.9 (0.9, 4.2) | – | – | – | 13.8 | 13.2 | – | – | 9.8 |
| Teachers, n.e.c | 4.2 (0.0, 8.7) | 0.6 (0.2, 1.8) | – | – | – | 6.6 | 3.4 | – | – | 6.3 |
| Investigators and Adjusters, except Insurance | 10.4 (2.5, 18.3) | 1.5 (0.7, 3.3) | – | – | – | 11.6 | – | – | – | 11.9 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 6.2 (0.2, 12.2) | 0.9 (0.3, 2.4) | – | 7.1 | – | – | 6.4 | – | – | – |
| Management Analysts | 4.5 (0.0, 10.6) | 0.7 (0.2, 2.6) | – | 2.3 | – | – | – | – | – | 3.1 |
| Cashiers | 12.0 (2.2, 21.7) | 1.8 (0.8, 4.0) | 10.5 | – | – | 14.3 | – | – | – | – |
| Computer Systems Analysts and Scientists | 6.3 (0.0, 12.8) | 0.9 (0.3, 2.6) | 5.9 | – | 6.9 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Secondary School Teachers | 7.7 (0.0, 15.7) | 1.1 (0.4, 3.2) | – | – | – | 11.7 | – | – | – | – |
| Construction Laborers | 2.4 (0.0, 5.3) | 0.3 (0.1, 1.2) | – | – | 2.7 | – | – | – | – | 2.7 |
| General Office Clerks | 6.5 (0.6, 12.4) | 0.9 (0.4, 2.4) | 15.4 | – | – | 8.2 | – | – | – | – |
| Computer Programmers | 4.7 (0.0, 10.5) | 0.7 (0.2, 2.4) | 3.9 | – | 4.4 | – | – | – | – | 5.9 |
| Reference group: All other occupations (with ≤70 respondents) | 6.8 (5.7, 7.9) | 1.0 | 8.0 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 8.0 |
Note. CI = confidence interval; n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified; all data were weighted to account for BRFSS sampling design; results for categories with <50 respondents are not reported.
a
The number of respondents for the vaccination status question was 6,139.