Table WRIGOR1E - 2001/02

Estimated prevalence and rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by work, by country and government office region within England, for people ever employed.

Country	Government office region within England	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
England		4299	1970	1909	2030	5370	5200	5530
	North East	243	105	91	119	5530	4830	6230
	North West	522	260	236	284	5220	4760	5680
	Yorkshire and the Humber	554	230	210	251	6260	5740	6790
	East Midlands	365	162	145	180	5160	4630	5690
	West Midlands	498	228	207	249	5900	5380	6420
	East	453	201	181	220	4860	4400	5310
	London	453	244	220	268	4740	4290	5190
	South East	690	310	285	334	5110	4720	5500
	South West	521	230	209	250	6050	5520	6570
Wales		303	133	117	149	6260	5550	6970
Scotland		406	173	155	191	4490	4050	4930
Great Britain		5008	2276	2211	2340	5330	5180	5480

Notes:

Definitions and data reliability
See Tables 3C and 3D in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for tests of statistical significance

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