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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
Notes:
- .. 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.

