The bar chart illustrates the average weekly working hours of eight professional groups, while the pie chart shows the proportion of these workers suffering from stress-related illnesses.
Overall, businessmen recorded the highest workload, whereas lecturers worked the least. Interestingly, despite having the shortest working hours, lecturers were the most vulnerable to stress-related problems, while programmers experienced the lowest level of stress among all professions.
For occupations that have stress levels proportional to the working hours, movie producers and doctors are the most notable, both exceeding 50 hours weekly and showing relatively high illness rates of 18% and 15%. Lawyers and chefs follow a similar trend on a smaller scale, with around 35 and 30 hours respectively, accompanied by 8% and 10%.
In contrast, several occupations show stress levels that do not correspond to the number of hours worked. Lecturers, reported the lowest weekly workload at around 25 hours, yet one in four suffered from stress-related problems, the highest proportion overall. By contrast, businessmen dedicated nearly 70 hours per week but only 11% experienced such issues. Writers and programmers also worked relatively long hours, about 45 and 40 respectively, but had lower stress rates of 8% and 5%, making them the least affected groups.