Table SWIT3 - 2004/05

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		2006	1012	967	1057	2350	2250	2460
	mainly affecting the upper limbs or neck	748	375	347	402	870	810	940
	mainly affecting the lower limbs	376	185	166	204	430	390	470
	mainly affecting the back	882	452	422	483	1050	980	1120
Breathing or lung problems		286	137	121	154	320	280	360
Skin problems		53	29	21	37	67	49	85
Hearing problems		157	74	63	86	170	150	200
Stress, depression or anxiety		981	509	477	542	1180	1110	1260
Headache and/or eyestrain		61	31	23	39	73	54	92
circulatory system		113	56	45	66	130	110	150
Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		52	28	20	36	65	47	84
Other types of complaint		249	126	110	142	290	260	330
Missing		5	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total		3963	2006	1942	2070	4660	4520	4810

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.