Table SWIT6W12 - 2001/02

Estimated incidence and rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by work, by type of illness, for people working in the last 12 months.

Type of complaint		Sample cases	Estimated Incidence (thousands)			Rate per 100 000 employed in last 12 months
			central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
			central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Bone, joint or muscle problem		454	214	194	234	750	680	820
	mainly affects the upper limbs or neck	186	87	74	99	300	260	350
	mainly affects the lower limbs	71	34	26	42	120	90	150
	mainly affects the back	197	94	80	107	330	280	370
Breathing or lung problem		62	28	21	35	99	74	120
Skin problem		22	11	6	15	37	21	53
Hearing problem		6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Stress, depression or anxiety		549	252	231	274	890	810	960
Headache and/or eyestrain		39	19	13	26	67	45	89
Heart disease/attack, other circulatory system		31	14	9	20	50	32	69
Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		58	28	20	35	96	71	120
Other type of complaint		113	54	44	64	190	150	230
Missing		1	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total		1335	624	589	658	2190	2070	2310

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.