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1.47percent
In Great Britain in 2024/25, 1,470 work-related musculoskeletal disorders per 100,000 workers were self-reported, which is 1.47 percent of workers.
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In the source's own words
“The total number of workers suffering from work-related musculoskeletal disorders in 2024/25 was 511,000, a prevalence rate of 1,470 per 100,000 workers”
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders statistics in Great Britain, 2025, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 2025, Key estimates, page 6.
Open the original- What it measures
- Labour Force Survey estimate for 2024/25, new and long-standing cases together. HSE publishes the rate per 100,000 workers. The 511,000 workers in the same sentence are a count, so the percentage comes from the rate.
- What it does not show
- Workers' own report of a condition they think their work caused or made worse, for all occupations. It is not a clinical diagnosis and does not measure computer users on their own.
In the data
A row of Repetitive Strain Injury Statistics: How Common Is RSI, as HSE 2025, all GB workers: 1.5 percent.
- Condition
- Work-related musculoskeletal disorders
- Who
- All workers in Great Britain
- Period
- Not stated
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year
- 2024
- Note
- HSE gives the rate per 100,000 workers. 1,470 per 100,000 is 1.47 percent.
Source
Used to calculate
- In the prevalence of repetitive strain and computer-related pain dataset, the 8 published figures for “Work-related musculoskeletal disorders” have a median of 1.8 percent, ranging from 1.5 to 2.6.
- The prevalence of repetitive strain and computer-related pain dataset holds 18 data points, each a published figure traced to its source.
- The prevalence of repetitive strain and computer-related pain dataset draws on 9 distinct sources.