Table SWIT6W12 - 2008/09

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
Musculoskeletal disorders		312	191	170	213	630	560	700
	mainly affecting the upper limbs or neck	141	84	70	99	280	230	320
	mainly affecting the lower limbs	54	34	24	43	110	80	140
	mainly affecting the back	117	73	60	87	240	200	290
Breathing or lung problems		31	19	12	26	64	41	87
Skin problems		12	*	*	*	*	*	*
Hearing problems		10	*	*	*	*	*	*
Stress, depression or anxiety		370	230	206	255	760	680	840
Headache and/or eyestrain		17	*	*	*	*	*	*
Heart disease/attack, other circulatory system		16	*	*	*	*	*	*
Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		47	29	20	38	96	67	120
Other type of complaint		65	42	31	52	140	100	170
Missing		2	..	..	..	..	..	..
Total		882	551	513	589	1810	1690	1940

* 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.

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