Health and Safety
Executive / Commission
Statistics
Estimated prevalence and rates of self-reported illness caused or made worse by work, by age and gender, for people ever employed.
| Gender | Age group | Sample cases | Estimated prevalence (thousands) | Rate per 100 000 ever employed | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | 95% C.I. | central | 95% C.I. | |||||
| lower | upper | lower | upper | |||||
| Males | 16 - 24 | 56 | 38 | 28 | 48 | 1650 | 1210 | 2090 |
| 25 - 34 | 211 | 128 | 110 | 145 | 3690 | 3190 | 4190 | |
| 35 - 44 | 374 | 208 | 187 | 229 | 4920 | 4430 | 5420 | |
| 45 - 54 | 385 | 212 | 190 | 233 | 5750 | 5180 | 6310 | |
| 55 - 64 | 508 | 262 | 239 | 285 | 7780 | 7120 | 8440 | |
| 65 - 74 | 356 | 169 | 151 | 187 | 7370 | 6630 | 8120 | |
| 75+ | 210 | 94 | 81 | 106 | 5870 | 5090 | 6650 | |
| Total | 2100 | 1110 | 1063 | 1158 | 5310 | 5080 | 5530 | |
| Females | 16 - 24 | 67 | 43 | 33 | 53 | 1830 | 1390 | 2260 |
| 25 - 34 | 182 | 102 | 87 | 117 | 2850 | 2430 | 3260 | |
| 35 - 44 | 348 | 182 | 163 | 202 | 4200 | 3760 | 4640 | |
| 45 - 54 | 409 | 210 | 189 | 230 | 5640 | 5110 | 6180 | |
| 55 - 59 | 213 | 106 | 92 | 121 | 5630 | 4880 | 6370 | |
| 60 - 74 | 329 | 160 | 143 | 178 | 3990 | 3560 | 4420 | |
| 75+ | 84 | 44 | 34 | 53 | 1880 | 1480 | 2290 | |
| Total | 1632 | 847 | 806 | 889 | 3810 | 3630 | 4000 | |
| All persons | 16 - 24 | 123 | 81 | 66 | 96 | 1740 | 1430 | 2050 |
| 25 - 34 | 393 | 229 | 206 | 253 | 3260 | 2940 | 3590 | |
| 35 - 44 | 722 | 390 | 361 | 420 | 4560 | 4220 | 4890 | |
| 45 - 54 | 794 | 422 | 391 | 452 | 5700 | 5300 | 6090 | |
| 55 - 59/64 | 721 | 369 | 341 | 396 | 7010 | 6500 | 7510 | |
| 60/65 - 74 | 685 | 329 | 304 | 355 | 5220 | 4830 | 5620 | |
| 75+ | 294 | 137 | 121 | 154 | 3500 | 3100 | 3910 | |
| Total | 3732 | 1958 | 1893 | 2022 | 4540 | 4390 | 4690 | |