Economically Active Population Survey
Illnesses
Persons aged 16 to 74 who are employed or who previously worked, who have had a work-related illness, by type of illness and sex. 
Unidades: thousands of persons and percentages

	Absolute values in thousands			Percentage			
	Both sexes	Men	Women	Both sexes	Men	Women	
Total	2.000,9	948,6	1.052,3	100	100	100	
Bone, joint or muscular problems mainly affecting the neck, shoulders, arms or hands	398,4	144	254,3	19,91	15,18	24,17	
Bone, joint or muscular problems mainly affecting the legs, hips or feet	294,7	146,8	147,9	14,73	15,48	14,05	
Bone, joint or muscular problems mainly affecting the back	527,3	272	255,3	26,35	28,67	24,26	
Respiratory or lung problems	115	66,7	48,3	5,75	7,03	4,59	
Skin problem	21	11,1	9,9	1,05	1,17	0,94	
Hearing problem	11,1	8,8	2,2	0,55	0,93	0,21	
Stress, depression or anxiety	291,6	126,6	165	14,57	13,35	15,68	
Headache and/or eye fatigue	26	9,1	16,8	1,3	0,96	1,6	
Heart disease or attack, or other circulatory system problems	88,3	55,3	33	4,41	5,83	3,13	
Infectious disease (viral, bacterial or other type of infection)	67,4	27,6	39,8	3,37	2,91	3,78	
Stomach, liver or kidney or digestive problems	44,3	26,4	17,9	2,21	2,78	1,7	
Other type of health problem	106,5	51,9	54,7	5,32	5,47	5,19	
They do not know / They do not answer	9,5	2,3	7,2	0,48	0,24	0,69	
Notas:
Work-related illness refers to an illness caused or aggravated by the  current or previous work 
  
 The illness or health problem must have taken place within the 12  months prior to the Sunday of the reference week
Fuente: National Statistics Institute