Table SWIT6W12 - 2007/08

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		311	178	158	198	590	520	660
	mainly affecting the upper limbs or neck	141	81	67	94	270	220	310
	mainly affecting the lower limbs	42	24	17	31	80	55	100
	mainly affecting the back	128	74	61	87	240	200	290
Breathing or lung problems		27	16	10	22	52	32	71
Skin problems		16	*	*	*	*	*	*
Hearing problems		7	*	*	*	*	*	*
Stress, depression or anxiety		408	237	213	260	780	700	860
Headache and/or eyestrain		18	*	*	*	*	*	*
Heart disease/attack, other circulatory system		30	17	11	23	56	36	77
Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		57	36	27	46	120	88	150
Other type of complaint		89	53	42	64	170	140	210
Total		963	563	526	599	1860	1740	1980

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.