Table SWIT6W12 - 2003/04

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		361	184	165	204	640	570	700
	mainly affects the upper limbs or neck	175	90	76	103	310	260	360
	mainly affects the lower limbs	54	28	20	35	96	70	120
	mainly affects the back	132	67	55	79	230	190	270
Breathing or lung problem		44	21	15	27	73	51	95
Skin problem		17	*	*	*	*	*	*
Hearing problem		12	*	*	*	*	*	*
Stress, depression or anxiety		486	248	226	271	860	780	940
Headache and/or eyestrain		26	14	8	20	49	29	69
Heart disease/attack, other circulatory system		28	14	9	19	48	30	66
Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		44	22	16	29	77	54	100
Other type of complaint		89	46	36	56	160	130	190
Missing		2	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total		1109	567	533	601	1960	1840	2080

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.