UK long-term sickness figures by age 2024| ��ƽ��

Number of economically inactive people due to long-term sickness in the United Kingdom from 2nd quarter 2023 to 2nd quarter 2024, by age group (in 1,000s)

Age group	16-24	25-34	35-49	50-64
Q2 2024	254	359	655	1,538
Q1 2024	271	369	681	1,490
Q4 2023	225	400	698	1,484
Q3 2023	220	376	653	1,485
Q2 2023	214	376	614	1,503
Q1 2023	241	337	613	1,507
Q4 2022	242	322	596	1,427
Q3 2022	231	359	609	1,439
Q2 2022	201	331	542	1,320
Q1 2022	203	329	536	1,238
Q4 2021	201	305	550	1,272
Q3 2021	189	299	548	1,248
Q2 2021	150	271	548	1,223
Q1 2021	175	256	563	1,205
Q4 2020	196	262	555	1,219
Q3 2020	192	258	557	1,213
Q2 2020	186	242	512	1,193
Q1 2020	191	237	516	1,171
Q4 2019	184	233	501	1,156
Q3 2019	169	236	508	1,154
Q2 2019	158	234	510	1,137
Q1 2019	148	242	498	1,106
Q4 2018	148	227	508	1,122
Q3 2018	150	225	517	1,118
Q2 2018	143	217	539	1,146
Q1 2018	134	221	518	1,092
Q4 2017	151	217	534	1,092
Q3 2017	171	221	564	1,111
Q2 2017	149	196	555	1,086
Q1 2017	152	198	551	1,078
Q4 2016	159	189	540	1,066
Q3 2016	175	202	547	1,093
Q2 2016	159	195	554	1,140
Q1 2016	160	216	576	1,136
Q4 2015	145	215	593	1,118
Q3 2015	156	222	606	1,134
Q2 2015	158	217	587	1,130
Q1 2015	150	191	573	1,099
Q4 2014	142	211	575	1,105
Q3 2014	137	224	571	1,094
Q2 2014	133	197	583	1,086
Q1 2014	138	198	582	1,066
Q4 2013	120	190	646	1,085
Q3 2013	121	191	606	1,068
Q2 2013	115	220	630	1,106

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November 2024

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q2 2019 to Q2 2022

Age group

16-64 years

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This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the .

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In 2024, there were just under 1.54 million people in the United Kingdom aged between 50 and 64 that were economically inactive due to being on long-term sickness leave, compared with 655,000 people aged between 35 and 49, 359,000 aged between 25 and 34, and 254,000 aged 16 to 24.