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Working days lost due to illness or injury in Great Britain 2018, by complaint type
Annual number of working days lost due to work-related illness or injury in Great Britain in 2017/18, by type of complaint* (in 1,000s)
by Daniel Clark,
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Feb 21, 2019
This statistic shows the estimated number of days off work and days lost due to self-reported work-related illness or workplace injury in Great Britain in 2017/18. Work-related illnesses caused by stress, depression or anxiety account for the majority of work days lost, with an estimated 15.3 million days lost annually.
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by Daniel Clark,
last edited
Feb 21, 2019
This statistic shows the estimated number of days off work and days lost due to self-reported work-related illness or workplace injury in Great Britain in 2017/18. Work-related illnesses caused by stress, depression or anxiety account for the majority of work days lost, with an estimated 15.3 million days lost annually.
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- United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Survey time period
- April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018
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* Estimated days off work for self-reported work-related illness or workplace injury for people working in the last 12 months as of 2016/17.
Figures for skin problems, hearing problems, headache and/or eyestrain and heart disease/attack or other circulatory system complaint were not provided by the source due to sample numbers being too low to provide reliable estimates.
** Estimates for breathing or lung problems were based on fewer than 40 sample cases.
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- United Kingdom (Great Britain)
- Survey time period
- April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018
- Supplementary notes
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* Estimated days off work for self-reported work-related illness or workplace injury for people working in the last 12 months as of 2016/17.
Figures for skin problems, hearing problems, headache and/or eyestrain and heart disease/attack or other circulatory system complaint were not provided by the source due to sample numbers being too low to provide reliable estimates.
** Estimates for breathing or lung problems were based on fewer than 40 sample cases.
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