• 2004/05
• 2003/04
• 2001/02

Country	Government office region within England	Sample cases	Central estimate	95% C.I.
				lower	upper
Estimated incidence (thousands) for people ever employed
England		963	504	471	536
	North East	55	25	18	32
	North West	134	74	61	87
	Yorkshire and the Humber	103	49	39	58
	East Midlands	78	44	34	54
	West Midlands	94	50	39	60
	East	100	50	40	60
	London	83	54	42	66
	South East	191	97	83	111
	South West	125	62	51	73
Wales		48	25	18	32
Scotland		96	47	37	57
Great Britain		1107	576	541	610
Estimated incidence rate per 100 employed in the last 12 months
England		891	1.9	1.7	2.0
	North East	46	1.8	1.3	2.4
	North West	126	2.1	1.7	2.5
	Yorkshire and the Humber	95	1.8	1.5	2.2
	East Midlands	71	1.9	1.4	2.3
	West Midlands	86	1.7	1.4	2.1
	East	94	1.6	1.3	2.0
	London	75	1.4	1.0	1.7
	South East	181	2.2	1.8	2.5
	South West	117	2.2	1.8	2.7
Wales		46	1.7	1.2	2.2
Scotland		89	1.7	1.3	2.1
Great Britain		1026	1.8	1.7	2.0

Notes:

• Definitions and data reliability
• 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 made to the Great Britain population estimates following the 2001 Census.