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Table THORP03: Work-related mental ill-health: estimated number of cases reported by psychiatrists to SOSMI and by occupational physicians to OPRA by country(a) and diagnostic category, 2006-2008

Country(a) Diagnostic category Psychiatrists and occupational physicians(p) Psychiatrists (SOSMI)(e)(p) Occupational physicians (OPRA)(b)(p)
Annual average estimated cases(c) 2006-2008 % of GB total Annual average estimated cases(c) 2006-2008 % of GB total Annual average estimated cases(c) 2006-2008 % of GB total
England Anxiety/Depression 2678 85 953 89 1725 83
Post-traumatic stress disorder 178 78 136 83 42 67
Other work-related stress 1821 82 90 82 1731 82
Alcohol or drug abuse 164 85 121 86 43 84
Psychotic episode 42 84 42 84 - -
Other problems 272 92 150 92 122 91
Total diagnoses 5155 84 1492 88 3663 83
Total individuals(d) 4736 84 1413 88 3324 82
Wales Anxiety/Depression 126 4 28 3 98 5
Post-traumatic stress disorder 13 6 4 2 9 14
Other work-related stress 119 5 - - 119 6
Alcohol or drug abuse 4 2 4 3 - -
Psychotic episode - - - - - -
Other problems 20 7 8 5 12 9
Total diagnoses 282 5 44 3 238 5
Total individuals(d) 266 5 40 3 226 6
Scotland Anxiety/Depression 334 11 84 8 250 12
Post-traumatic stress disorder 36 16 24 15 12 19
Other work-related stress 282 13 20 18 262 12
Alcohol or drug abuse 24 12 16 11 8 16
Psychotic episode 8 16 8 16 - -
Other problems 4 1 4 3 - -
Total diagnoses 689 11 156 9 532 12
Total individuals(d) 648 11 144 9 504 12

Notes

(a) A small proportion of cases do not have their country recorded: percentages are calculated from those cases for whom country is recorded.

(b) Comparisons based on OPRA reports are likely to be misleading because workers in some occupations are much more likely to have access to occupational physicians than those in others.

(c) Some physicians report on a sample basis, for one month in each year. Estimated totals for these are calculated by multiplying the actual number of cases reported by 12.

(d) Individuals can have more than one diagnosis.

(e) Reports by psychiatrists to SOSMI began in January 1999.

"-" Can mean zero or rounds to zero.

(p) Provisional

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