SWI 03/04 Table 6

Comparison of estimated 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 incidence and rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by work, by type of illness

Year	Type of complaint		Sample cases	Central estimate	95% C.I.
Year	Type of complaint		Sample cases	Central estimate	lower	upper
Estimated incidence (thousands) for people ever employed
2003/04	Musculoskeletal disorders		401	204	184	225
		mainly affects the upper limbs or neck	190	97	83	111
		mainly affects the lower limbs	65	33	25	41
		mainly affects the back	146	74	62	86
	Breathing or lung problem		62	29	22	37
	Skin problem		18	*	*	*
	Hearing problem		12	*	*	*
	Stress, depression or anxiety		496	254	231	277
	Headache and/or eyestrain		26	14	8	20
	Heart disease/attack, other circulatory system		31	16	10	21
	Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		44	22	16	29
	Other type of complaint		102	52	42	63
	Missing		2	..	..	..
	All illnesses		1194	609	574	644
Estimated incidence rate per 100 000 employed in the last 12 months
2003/04	Musculoskeletal disorders		361	640	570	700
		mainly affects the upper limbs or neck	175	310	260	360
		mainly affects the lower limbs	54	96	70	120
		mainly affects the back	132	230	190	270
	Breathing or lung problem		44	73	51	95
	Skin problem		17	*	*	*
	Hearing problem		12	*	*	*
	Stress, depression or anxiety		486	860	780	940
	Headache and/or eyestrain		26	49	29	69
	Heart disease/attack, other circulatory system		28	48	30	66
	Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		44	77	54	100
	Other type of complaint		89	160	130	190
	Missing		2	..	..	..
	All illnesses		1109	2000	1800	2100

.. Not applicable
* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates
Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases
95% C.I.: 95% confidence interval, the range within which we are 95% confident that the true value lies in the absence of bias.
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 are based on self-reported work-related illness from the Labour Force Surveys in 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 and take account of revisions made to the Great Britain population estimates following the 2001 Census.
See www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/swi/tables/0405/datareliability.htm for useful definitions and details of data reliability.