Health and Safety Executive

Table SWIT6W12 - 2006/07

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

Year Sample cases Estimated Incidence (thousands) Rate per 100 000 employed in last 12 months
Central 95% C.I. Central 95% C.I.
lower upper lower upper
2001/02 1335 624 589 658 2190 2070 2310
2003/04 1109 567 533 601 1960 1840 2080
2004/05 1026 536 503 570 1850 1730 1960
2005/06 872 480 447 512 1640 1530 1750
2006/07 1093 612 575 649 2090 1970 2220
2007/08 963 563 526 599 1860 1740 1980
2008/09 882 551 513 589 1810 1690 1940

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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