Table SWIT6E - 2005/06

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		350	190	170	210
	mainly affecting the upper limbs or neck	162	86	72	99
	mainly affecting the lower limbs	60	34	26	43
	mainly affecting the back	128	70	58	82
Breathing or lung problems		45	23	16	30
Skin problems		19	*	*	*
Hearing problems		14	*	*	*
Stress, depression or anxiety		357	195	174	216
Headache and/or eyestrain		18	*	*	*
Heart disease/attacks, other circulatory system		28	15	9	20
Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		35	20	13	26
Other types of complaint		91	50	40	61
Missing		1	..	..	..
All illnesses		958	523	489	557

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.