This statistic shows the estimated number of cases of self-reported stress related to the workplace in Great Britain (GB) between 2014/15 and 2016/17, broken down by country. Mental health problems including stress, depression and anxiety, which were caused or worsened by work were most common in England, affecting 417 thousand people. By comparison, 41 thousand people in Scotland had reported experiencing work-related stress during that time, while 27 thousand workers in Wales reported being affected.
Averaged estimated prevalence of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work by country in Great Britain between 2014/15 and 2016/17
(in 1,000)
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). Averaged estimated prevalence of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work by country in Great Britain between 2014/15 and 2016/17 (in 1,000) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/716540/self-reported-stress-caused-by-work-gb/
Health and Safety Executive. "Averaged estimated prevalence of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work by country in Great Britain between 2014/15 and 2016/17 (in 1,000)." Chart. November 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/716540/self-reported-stress-caused-by-work-gb/
Health and Safety Executive. (2017). Averaged estimated prevalence of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work by country in Great Britain between 2014/15 and 2016/17 (in 1,000). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/716540/self-reported-stress-caused-by-work-gb/
Health and Safety Executive. "Averaged Estimated Prevalence of Self-reported Stress, Depression or Anxiety Caused or Made Worse by Work by Country in Great Britain between 2014/15 and 2016/17 (in 1,000)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Nov 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/716540/self-reported-stress-caused-by-work-gb/
Health and Safety Executive, Averaged estimated prevalence of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work by country in Great Britain between 2014/15 and 2016/17 (in 1,000) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/716540/self-reported-stress-caused-by-work-gb/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Averaged estimated prevalence of self-reported stress, depression or anxiety caused or made worse by work by country in Great Britain between 2014/15 and 2016/17 (in 1,000) [Graph], Health and Safety Executive, November 1, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/716540/self-reported-stress-caused-by-work-gb/
