Table SWIT6E - 2006/07

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	Central estimate	Estimated incidence (thousands) for people ever employed
				95% C.I.
				lower	upper
Musculoskeletal disorders		442	247	223	270
	mainly affecting the upper limbs or neck	204	115	99	131
	mainly affecting the lower limbs	63	33	25	41
	mainly affecting the back	175	99	84	113
Breathing or lung problems		31	17	11	24
Skin problems		20	11	6	16
Hearing problems		11	*	*	*
Stress, depression or anxiety		447	245	222	268
Headache and/or eyestrain		20	11	6	16
Heart disease/attacks, other circulatory system		29	16	10	21
Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		52	31	22	39
Other types of complaint		107	63	51	75
All illnesses		1159	646	608	685

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.