Table SWIT1 - 2005/06

• Annual
• 2008/09
• 2007/08
• 2006/07
• 2005/06
• 2004/05
• 2003/04
• 2000/02

Type of complaint			Sample cases$	Days lost (thousands)			Average days lost per worker			Average days lost per case+
				central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
					lower	upper		lower	upper		lower	upper
All illnesses			1225	24319	21829	26809	1.05	0.94	1.16	21.2	19.2	23.2
	Musculoskeletal disorders		509	9450	7885	11015	0.41	0.34	0.48	17.3	14.6	20.0
		mainly affecting the upper limbs or neck	182	3654	2694	4613	0.16	0.12	0.20	17.2	13.0	21.4
		mainly affecting the lower limbs	82	2031	1259	2803	0.088	0.054	0.12	21.6	14.0	29.2
		mainly affecting the back	245	3766	2799	4732	0.16	0.12	0.20	15.7	12.0	19.5
	Breathing or lung problems		53	763	376	1150	0.033	0.016	0.050	16.9	9.0	24.7
	Skin problems		16	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Hearing problems		3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Stress, depression or anxiety		442	10537	8934	12139	0.45	0.39	0.52	30.1	26.2	34.1
	Headache and/or eyestrain		23	232	0	476	0.010	0	0.021	8.8	0	17.7
	Heart disease/attacks, other circulatory system		29	961	422	1499	0.041	0.018	0.065	34.1	16.9	51.3
	Infectious disease (virus, bacteria)		36	183	91	275	0.0079	0.0039	0.012	7.9	4.7	11.1
	Other types of complaint		112	2014	1203	2826	0.087	0.052	0.12	23.8	15.1	32.5
	Missing illness type		2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All injuries			954	6139	5232	7047	0.26	0.23	0.30	7.4	6.4	8.4
All illnesses and injuries			2126	30458	27801	33115	1.31	1.20	1.43	16.0	14.7	17.3

Notes:

$ For people taking time off work

+ "case" refers to persons suffering from a workplace injury or a particular type of work-related illness.

.. Not applicable

* Sample cases too small to provide reliable estimates.

95% C.I.: 95% confidence interval, the range within which we are 95% confident that the true value lies in the absence of bias.

Figures in italics are based on fewer than 40 sample cases.

• Definitions and data reliability
• See Table SWIT1SIG for tests of statistical significance