This statistic shows the average rate of cases of self-reported stress related to the workplace per 100 thousand employed in England between 2014/15 and 2015/17, broken down by region. Mental health problems including stress, depression and anxiety, which were caused or worsened by work. The highest prevalence rate occurred in Yorkshire and the Humber, affecting 1760 out of 100,000 people in employment. The region of London had the lowest self-reported stress rate, with 1.33 thousand out of 100 thousand employees affected.
Average rate of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work in England between 2014/15 and 2016/17, by region
(per 100,000 employed)
Results are based on the Labour Force Survey (LFS) run quarterly by the Office of National Statistics. Questions concerning work-related illnesses and workplace injury are commissioned annually by the HSE.
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Health and Safety Executive. (November 1, 2017). Average rate of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work in England between 2014/15 and 2016/17, by region (per 100,000 employed) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 03, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/716826/rate-of-self-reported-stress-caused-by-work-by-region-england/
Health and Safety Executive. "Average rate of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work in England between 2014/15 and 2016/17, by region (per 100,000 employed)." Chart. November 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed July 03, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/716826/rate-of-self-reported-stress-caused-by-work-by-region-england/
Health and Safety Executive. (2017). Average rate of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work in England between 2014/15 and 2016/17, by region (per 100,000 employed). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 03, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/716826/rate-of-self-reported-stress-caused-by-work-by-region-england/
Health and Safety Executive. "Average Rate of Self-reported Stress, Depression or Anxiety Caused or Made Worse by Work in England between 2014/15 and 2016/17, by Region (per 100,000 Employed)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Nov 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/716826/rate-of-self-reported-stress-caused-by-work-by-region-england/
Health and Safety Executive, Average rate of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work in England between 2014/15 and 2016/17, by region (per 100,000 employed) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/716826/rate-of-self-reported-stress-caused-by-work-by-region-england/ (last visited July 03, 2022)
