Table SWIT6E - 2003/04

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		401	204	184	225
	mainly affecting the upper limbs or neck	190	97	83	111
	mainly affecting the lower limbs	65	33	25	41
	mainly affecting the back	146	74	62	86
Breathing or lung problems		62	29	22	37
Skin problems		18	*	*	*
Hearing problems		12	*	*	*
Stress, depression or anxiety		496	254	231	277
Headache and/or eyestrain		26	14	8	20
Heart disease/attacks, other circulatory system		31	16	10	21
Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		44	22	16	29
Other types of complaint		102	52	42	63
Missing		2	..	..	..
All illnesses		1194	609	574	644

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.