Table SWIT6E - 2001/02

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

Type of complaint		Sample cases	Estimated incidence (thousands) for people ever employed
			Central estimate	95% C.I.
			Central estimate	lower	upper
Musculoskeletal disorders		494	231	211	252
	mainly affecting the upper limbs or neck	201	93	80	106
	mainly affecting the lower limbs	81	38	29	46
	mainly affecting the back	212	100	87	114
Breathing or lung problems		76	35	27	43
Skin problems		28	13	8	18
Hearing problems		9	*	*	*
Stress, depression or anxiety		558	257	235	279
Headache and/or eyestrain		41	20	14	27
Heart disease/attacks, other circulatory system		34	16	10	21
Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		59	28	21	35
Other types of complaint		122	58	48	69
Missing		1	..	..	..
All illnesses		1422	662	627	697

Notes:

.. Not applicable

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases

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.