Table SWIT3 - 2001/02

Estimated prevalence and rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by work, by type of illness, for people ever employed.

Type of complaint		Sample cases	Estimated prevalence (thousands)			Rate per 100 000 ever employed
			central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
			central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Musculoskeletal disorders		2438	1102	1058	1146	2580	2480	2690
	mainly affecting the upper limbs or neck	867	389	363	415	910	850	970
	mainly affecting the lower limbs	460	206	187	225	480	440	530
	mainly affecting the back	1111	507	477	538	1190	1120	1260
Breathing or lung problems		380	166	149	183	390	350	430
Skin problems		81	38	29	46	88	69	110
Hearing problems		202	88	75	100	210	180	230
Stress, depression or anxiety		1183	548	516	580	1280	1210	1360
Headache and/or eyestrain		108	53	42	63	120	99	150
circulatory system		176	79	67	91	190	160	210
Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		67	31	24	39	74	56	92
Other types of complaint		360	165	148	182	390	350	430
Missing		13	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total		5008	2276	2211	2340	5330	5180	5480

Notes:

.. Not applicable

95% C.I.: 95% confidence interval, the range within which we are 95% confident that the true value lies in the absence of bias.

The estimates in this table take account of revisions made to the Great Britain population estimates following the 2001 Census.