* Estimated days off work for self-reported work-related illness or workplace injury for people working in the last 12 months as of 2018/19. 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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Working days lost due to illness or injury in Great Britain 2019, by complaint type
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 2018/19. Work-related illnesses caused by stress, depression or anxiety account for the majority of work days lost, with approximately an estimated **** million days lost annually.
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Health and Safety Executive. (October 30, 2019). Annual number of working days lost due to work-related illness or injury in Great Britain in 2018/19, by type of complaint* (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 23, 2026, from /statistics/509861/working-days-lost-by-complaint-type-great-britain/
Health and Safety Executive. "Annual number of working days lost due to work-related illness or injury in Great Britain in 2018/19, by type of complaint* (in 1,000s)." Chart. October 30, 2019. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 23, 2026. /statistics/509861/working-days-lost-by-complaint-type-great-britain/
Health and Safety Executive. (2019). Annual number of working days lost due to work-related illness or injury in Great Britain in 2018/19, by type of complaint* (in 1,000s). ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 23, 2026. /statistics/509861/working-days-lost-by-complaint-type-great-britain/
Health and Safety Executive. "Annual Number of Working Days Lost Due to Work-related Illness or Injury in Great Britain in 2018/19, by Type of Complaint* (in 1,000s)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 30 Oct 2019, /statistics/509861/working-days-lost-by-complaint-type-great-britain/
Health and Safety Executive, Annual number of working days lost due to work-related illness or injury in Great Britain in 2018/19, by type of complaint* (in 1,000s) ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/509861/working-days-lost-by-complaint-type-great-britain/ (last visited July 23, 2026)
Annual number of working days lost due to work-related illness or injury in Great Britain in 2018/19, by type of complaint* (in 1,000s) [Graph], Health and Safety Executive, October 30, 2019. [Online]. Available: /statistics/509861/working-days-lost-by-complaint-type-great-britain/
