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Table SWIT3W12

Estimated prevalence and rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by work, for people working in the last 12 months

Year Sample cases Estimated prevalence (thousands) Rate per 100 000 employed in last 12 months
Central 95% C.I. Central 95% C.I.
lower upper lower upper
2001/02 3001 1391 1340 1443 4880 4700 5060
2003/04 2651 1340 1288 1393 4630 4460 4810
2004/05 2360 1228 1177 1279 4220 4050 4400
2005/06 2111 1147 1096 1197 3930 3760 4100
2006/07 2507 1384 1329 1440 4740 4550 4920
2007/08 2187 1261 1206 1316 4170 3990 4350
2008/09 1921 1182 1126 1237 3890 3710 4070

Notes:

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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Updated 16.11.09