Table SWIT1 - 2006/07

Estimated days (full-day equivalent) off work and associated average days lost per (full-time equivalent) worker and per case due to a self-reported work-related illness or workplace injury.

Type of complaint			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.
			central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper	central	lower	upper
All illnesses£			29963	27155	32771	1.30	1.18	1.42	21.6	19.8	23.5
	Musculoskeletal disorders		10715	8973	12457	0.46	0.39	0.54	16.7	14.1	19.2
		mainly affecting the upper limbs or neck	3515	2616	4414	0.15	0.11	0.19	13.4	10.2	16.6
		mainly affecting the lower limbs	2493	1542	3444	0.11	0.067	0.15	24.8	16.1	33.6
		mainly affecting the back	4707	3565	5848	0.20	0.15	0.25	16.8	13.0	20.6
	Stress, depression or anxiety		13760	11887	15633	0.60	0.51	0.68	30.2	26.6	33.8
	Other illnesses		5414	4257	6570	0.23	0.18	0.28	19.0	15.3	22.7
All injuries			5773	4838	6708	0.25	0.21	0.29	6.8	5.7	7.8
All illnesses and injuries			35736	32750	38723	1.55	1.42	1.68	16.8	15.5	18.1

Notes:

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

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

£ The 'All Illness' days lost central estimate includes cases of illness where the illness type was unknown. Therefore the days lost central estimate for musculoskeletal disorders, stress, depression or anxiety and other illness do not sum to the all illness days lost central estimate.