• 2004/05
• 2003/04
• 2001/02

Gender	Type of complaint		Sample cases	Central estimate	95% C.I.
					lower	upper
Estimated incidence (thousands) for people ever employed
Males	Bone, joint or muscle problem		199	108	92	123
		mainly affects the upper limbs or neck	82	45	35	55
		mainly affects the lower limbs	38	19	13	25
		mainly affects the back	79	44	34	54
	Breathing or lung problem		24	12	7	17
	Skin problem		12	*	*	*
	Hearing problem		11	*	*	*
	Stress, depression or anxiety		187	101	87	116
	Headache and/or eyestrain		6	*	*	*
	Heart disease/attack, other
	circulatory system		19	*	*	*
	Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		13	*	*	*
	Other type of complaint		52	27	20	35
	Missing		1	..	..	..
	Total		524	280	256	305
Females	Bone, joint or muscle problem		198	98	84	112
		mainly affects the upper limbs or neck	97	49	39	58
		mainly affects the lower limbs	29	14	9	19
		mainly affects the back	72	36	28	45
	Breathing or lung problem		15	*	*	*
	Skin problem		8	*	*	*
	Hearing problem		1	*	*	*
	Stress, depression or anxiety		281	144	127	161
	Headache and/or eyestrain		14	*	*	*
	Heart disease/attack, other
	circulatory system		8	*	*	*
	Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		28	14	9	19
	Other type of complaint		30	15	10	21
	Total		583	295	271	319
All persons	Bone, joint or muscle problem		397	206	185	227
		mainly affects the upper limbs or neck	179	93	79	108
		mainly affects the lower limbs	67	33	25	41
		mainly affects the back	151	80	67	93
	Breathing or lung problem		39	19	13	26
	Skin problem		20	10	6	15
	Hearing problem		12	*	*	*
	Stress, depression or anxiety		468	245	222	268
	Headache and/or eyestrain		20	11	6	16
	Heart disease/attack, other
	circulatory system		27	13	8	18
	Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		41	22	15	29
	Other type of complaint		82	42	33	52
	Missing		1	..	..	..
	Total		1107	576	541	610
Estimated incidence rate per 100 employed in the last 12 months
Males	Bone, joint or muscle problem		177	0.63	0.53	0.72
		mainly affects the upper limbs or neck	70	0.25	0.19	0.31
		mainly affects the lower limbs	31	0.10	0.067	0.14
		mainly affects the back	76	0.27	0.21	0.33
	Breathing or lung problem		17	*	*	*
	Skin problem		10	*	*	*
	Hearing problem		5	*	*	*
	Stress, depression or anxiety		180	0.63	0.54	0.72
	Headache and/or eyestrain		6	*	*	*
	Heart disease/attack, other
	circulatory system		16	*	*	*
	Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		13	*	*	*
	Other type of complaint		45	0.16	0.11	0.20
	Total		469	1.6	1.5	1.8
Females	Bone, joint or muscle problem		182	0.67	0.57	0.77
		mainly affects the upper limbs or neck	91	0.34	0.27	0.40
		mainly affects the lower limbs	25	0.088	0.053	0.12
		mainly affects the back	66	0.24	0.18	0.30
	Breathing or lung problem		13	*	*	*
	Skin problem		8	*	*	*
	Hearing problem		1	*	*	*
	Stress, depression or anxiety		278	1.0	0.92	1.2
	Headache and/or eyestrain		14	*	*	*
	Heart disease/attack, other
	circulatory system		7	*	*	*
	Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		27	0.099	0.061	0.14
	Other type of complaint		27	0.10	0.062	0.14
	Total		557	2.1	1.9	2.2
All persons	Bone, joint or muscle problem		359	0.65	0.58	0.71
		mainly affects the upper limbs or neck	161	0.29	0.25	0.34
		mainly affects the lower limbs	56	0.096	0.071	0.12
		mainly affects the back	142	0.26	0.21	0.30
	Breathing or lung problem		30	0.053	0.034	0.073
	Skin problem		18	*	*	*
	Hearing problem		6	*	*	*
	Stress, depression or anxiety		458	0.82	0.75	0.90
	Headache and/or eyestrain		20	0.037	0.021	0.053
	Heart disease/attack, other
	circulatory system		23	0.040	0.023	0.056
	Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		40	0.074	0.051	0.098
	Other type of complaint		72	0.13	0.099	0.16
	Total		1026	1.8	1.7	2.0

 

Notes:

• Definitions and data reliability
• .. Not applicable
• * Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates
• Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases
• See section 2.8 and Appendix 3.2 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for more details on incidence estimates and rates.
• The estimates in this table take account of revisions to the Great Britain population estimates following the 2001 Census.