Table SWIT6W12 - 2005/06

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		312	171	151	190	580	520	650
	mainly affects the upper limbs or neck	146	78	65	91	270	220	310
	mainly affects the lower limbs	50	29	21	37	100	72	130
	mainly affects the back	116	64	52	75	220	180	260
Breathing or lung problem		31	17	10	23	57	36	78
Skin problem		19	*	*	*	*	*	*
Hearing problem		8	*	*	*	*	*	*
Stress, depression or anxiety		350	191	171	212	660	590	730
Headache and/or eyestrain		18	*	*	*	*	*	*
Heart disease/attack, other circulatory system		23	12	7	18	42	24	60
Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		33	18	12	24	62	41	84
Other type of complaint		77	42	33	52	150	110	180
Missing		1	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total		872	480	447	512	1640	1530	1750

Notes:

.. Not applicable

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates

95% C.I.: 95% confidence interval, the range within which we are 95% confident that the true value lies in the absence of bias.

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases