Table ULNGOR1 - 2004/05

Estimated prevalence and rates (%) of self-reported musculoskeletal disorders mainly affecting the upper limbs or neck, caused or made worse by work, by country and government office region within England, for people ever employed, 2004/05, 2003/04 and 2001/02

2004/2005
2003/2004
2001/2002

Country	Government office region within England	Sample cases	Estimated prevalence (thousands)			Rate per 100 ever employed
			central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
			central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
England		635	321	295	346	0.87	0.80	0.94
	North East	54	25	18	31	1.3	0.96	1.7
	North West	91	48	38	58	0.96	0.75	1.2
	Yorkshire and the Humber	82	39	31	47	1.1	0.83	1.3
	East Midlands	60	33	24	41	1.0	0.76	1.3
	West Midlands	75	39	30	48	0.99	0.76	1.2
	East	65	31	24	39	0.75	0.57	0.93
	London	48	29	21	38	0.59	0.41	0.76
	South East	99	48	38	57	0.77	0.62	0.93
	South West	61	29	22	37	0.76	0.57	0.95
Wales		53	26	18	33	1.2	0.84	1.5
Scotland		60	28	21	36	0.74	0.54	0.93
Great Britain		748	375	347	402	0.87	0.81	0.94

Notes:

Definitions and data reliability
See section 2.7 and Appendix 3.2 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for more details on prevalence estimates and rates.
The estimates in this table take account of revisions made to the Great Britain population estimates following the 2001 Census.