Table SWIT3 - 2003/04

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		2253	1108	1060	1155	2580	2470	2690
	mainly affecting the upper limbs or neck	918	448	418	477	1040	970	1110
	mainly affecting the lower limbs	398	192	172	211	450	400	490
	mainly affecting the back	937	468	437	499	1090	1020	1160
Breathing or lung problems		396	183	165	201	430	380	470
Skin problems		59	31	23	39	71	53	90
Hearing problems		177	81	69	93	190	160	220
Stress, depression or anxiety		1098	557	523	590	1300	1220	1380
Headache and/or eyestrain		73	37	28	46	87	66	110
circulatory system		137	66	55	77	150	130	180
Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		54	28	20	35	65	47	83
Other types of complaint		275	138	122	155	320	280	360
Missing		9	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total		4531	2233	2167	2300	5200	5050	5360

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.