Health and Safety Statistics The main work factors cited by respondents as causing work related stress, depression or anxiety were workload pressures, including tight deadlines and too much responsibility and a lack of managerial support. Work related stress, anxiety and depression statistics 526,000 workers suffering from work-related stress, depression or anxiety (new or long-standing) in 2016/17 12.5 million working days lost due to work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2016/17 By occupation, jobs that are common across public service industries (such as health; teaching; business, media and public service professionals) show higher levels of stress as compared to all jobs. Key figures for Great Britain (2016/17) 1.3 million working people suffering from a work-related illness 2,542 mesothelioma deaths due to past asbestos exposures (2015) 137 workers killed at work 609,000 injuries occurred at work according to the Labour Force Survey 70,116 injuries to employees reported under RIDDOR 31.2 million working days lost due to work-related illness and workplace injury £14.9 billion estimated cost of injuries and ill health from current working conditions (2015/16) https://watmos.simplyhas.com/e-learning/pdfs/stress_stats.pdf http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/