Table SWIT6W12 - 2004/05

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		359	188	168	208	650	580	710
	mainly affects the upper limbs or neck	161	85	71	98	290	250	340
	mainly affects the lower limbs	56	28	21	35	96	71	120
	mainly affects the back	142	75	62	88	260	210	300
Breathing or lung problem		30	15	10	21	53	34	73
Skin problem		18	*	*	*	*	*	*
Hearing problem		6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Stress, depression or anxiety		458	239	217	262	820	750	900
Headache and/or eyestrain		20	11	6	16	37	21	53
Heart disease/attack, other circulatory system		23	12	7	16	40	23	56
Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		40	22	15	28	74	51	98
Other type of complaint		72	38	29	47	130	99	160
Total		1026	536	503	570	1850	1730	1960

Notes:

* 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.