Table V2.   Number of Working Children 5-17 Years Old Who Suffered From Work-Related Illness During the Past 12 Months Prior to Enumeration,
            by Type of Business/Industry Where They Are Engaged In and Sex: October 2001

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                                             Number of Working                               Type of Illness
Type of Business/Industry                 Children 5-17 Years Old  |     Skin   |   Body   | Eye strain/ |   Hearing |            |   Gastro- |
                                            Who Suffered From      |   diseases |   aches, |   eyesight  | impairment| Respiratory|intestinal | Others
                                           Work-Related Illness    |            |   pains  |  impairment |           |            |           |
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Philippines
                                                  753,611             282,365      544,930       9,319      5,024        67,956     20,976     76,787
Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry                 539,651             243,198      384,308         766      1,646        41,779     11,374     48,305
Fishing                                            43,770              11,750       33,000                  2,162         6,076      2,373      4,705
Mining and Quarrying                                6,342               1,242        5,271                                1,242                   172
Manufacturing                                      20,095               3,992       15,075       1,684                    2,112                 2,112
Construction                                        7,907               3,733        6,818       1,111        902           573        319
Wholesale and Retail trade                         40,150               4,529       24,513       2,114                    7,322                 7,329
Hotels and Restaurant                               6,326                 544        5,318                                             959        336
Transport, Storage and Communications              26,666               7,451       20,728       2,565        314         1,506      3,374      3,768
Financial Intermediation                              420                              420
Real Estate, Renting and Business Act               1,241                            1,241                                  778
Public Administration and Defense,                    227                              227                                                        227
  Compulsary Social Security
Other Community, Social and Personal               13,204               2,000        9,338         944                    1,038                 3,250
  Service Activities
Private Households with Employed Persons           42,449               2,273       34,070                                5,530      2,577      6,026
Not reported                                        5,162               1,653        4,605         136                                            558

Male                                              523,711             195,950      385,455       6,189      4,092        46,214     15,106     52,136
Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry                 394,012             164,619      285,107                    715        28,236      8,124     40,409
Fishing                                            38,137               9,486       31,268                  2,162         5,602      2,143      2,720
Mining and Quarrying                                6,342               1,242        5,271                                1,242                   172
Manufacturing                                      14,667               3,007       10,176       1,433                    2,112                 1,583
Construction                                        7,907               3,733        6,818       1,111        902           573        319
Wholesale and Retail trade                         19,045               2,126       12,735                                4,412                 2,212
Hotels and Restaurant                               1,838                            1,838                                             831
Transport, Storage and Communications              26,232               7,451       20,294       2,565        314         1,506      3,374      3,768
Real Estate, Renting and Business Act               1,241                            1,241                                  778
Public Administration and Defense,                    227                              227                                                        227
  Compulsary Social Security
Other Community, Social and Personal                6,708               2,000        5,456         944                    1,038                   635
  Service Activities
Private Households with Employed Persons            4,230               1,690        1,897                                  714        315        412
Not reported                                        3,127                 598        3,127         136

Female                                            229,900              86,415      159,475       3,130        931        21,742      5,871     24,650
Agriculture, Hunting and Forestry                 145,639              78,580       99,201         766        931        13,543      3,250      7,895
Fishing                                             5,634               2,264        1,732                                  474        231      1,985
Manufacturing                                       5,428                 985        4,899         250                                            529
Wholesale and Retail trade                         21,105               2,404       11,778       2,114                    2,910                 5,117
Hotels and Restaurant                               4,488                 544        3,480                                             129        336
Transport, Storage and Communications                 434                              434
Financial Intermediation                              420                              420
Other Community, Social and Personal                6,496                            3,881                                                      2,615
  Service Activities
Private Households with Employed Persons           38,219                 583       32,172                                4,815      2,262      5,615
Not reported                                        2,035               1,055        1,478                                                        558

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Source:  Survey on Children 2001
         Income and Employment Statistics Division
         Household Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines
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