Table SWIT3W12 - 2008/09

Estimated prevalence 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 prevalence (thousands)			Rate per 100 000 employed in last 12 months
			central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
			central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
Musculoskeletal disorders		882	538	501	574	1770	1650	1890
	mainly affecting the upper limbs or neck	360	215	192	238	710	630	780
	mainly affecting the lower limbs	159	96	81	111	320	270	360
	mainly affecting the back	363	227	203	251	750	670	830
Breathing or lung problems		64	39	29	48	130	95	160
Skin problems		24	16	10	23	54	32	76
Hearing problems		28	17	11	24	56	35	78
Stress, depression or anxiety		676	415	382	448	1370	1260	1470
Headache and/or eyestrain		34	24	15	32	79	51	110
Heart disease/attack, other circulatory system		31	19	12	26	63	41	86
Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		53	33	23	42	110	77	140
Other type of complaint		125	79	65	93	260	210	310
Missing		4	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total		1921	1182	1126	1237	3890	3710	4070

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.