Table SWIT6E - 2004/05

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		397	206	185	227
	mainly affecting the upper limbs or neck	179	93	79	108
	mainly affecting the lower limbs	67	33	25	41
	mainly affecting the back	151	80	67	93
Breathing or lung problems		39	19	13	26
Skin problems		20	10	6	15
Hearing problems		12	*	*	*
Stress, depression or anxiety		468	245	222	268
Headache and/or eyestrain		20	11	6	16
Heart disease/attacks, other circulatory system		27	13	8	18
Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		41	22	15	29
Other types of complaint		82	42	33	52
Missing		1	..	..	..
All illnesses		1107	576	541	610

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.