Table SWIT3 - 2005/06

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		1952	1020	974	1067	2370	2260	2470
	mainly affecting the upper limbs or neck	723	374	346	401	870	800	930
	mainly affecting the lower limbs	400	209	188	230	490	440	530
	mainly affecting the back	829	437	407	468	1010	940	1090
Breathing or lung problems		314	156	139	174	360	320	400
Skin problems		48	27	19	34	62	44	80
Hearing problems		136	68	56	79	160	130	180
Stress, depression or anxiety		781	420	390	451	970	900	1040
Headache and/or eyestrain		56	32	23	41	75	54	95
circulatory system		123	63	51	74	150	120	170
Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		50	27	19	35	63	45	80
Other types of complaint		264	140	123	158	330	280	370
Missing		8	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total		3732	1958	1893	2022	4540	4390	4690

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.