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<p>“Depression, bad nerves or anxiety” is a pre-specified single category in the Labour
Force Survey questionnaire. We are therefore unable to separate out depression, bad
nerves and anxiety from each other.</p><p> </p><p>As such, we have provided a breakdown
of working-age people (16-64) self-reporting depression, bad nerves or anxiety as
a main or secondary health condition who are economically inactive due to long-term
sickness from 2013 to 2023, published in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/the-employment-of-disabled-people-2023/employment-of-disabled-people-2023"
target="_blank">The Employment of Disabled People 2023</a> (Table EIA017).</p><p>
</p><p>Prevalence of depression, bad nerves or anxiety for those who are economically
inactive due to long-term sickness, 2013-2023</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Quarter</p></td><td><p>Number
of people who are economically inactive because they are long-term sick (thousands)</p></td><td><p>Number
of people who are economically inactive because they are long-term sick with depression,
bad nerves or anxiety (thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 13 to Jun 13</p></td><td><p>2,071</p></td><td><p>908</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr
14 to Jun 14</p></td><td><p>1,999</p></td><td><p>908</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 15
to Jun 15</p></td><td><p>2,092</p></td><td><p>992</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 16 to
Jun 16</p></td><td><p>2,048</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 17 to
Jun 17</p></td><td><p>1,986</p></td><td><p>976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 18 to Jun
18</p></td><td><p>2,046</p></td><td><p>980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 19 to Jun 19</p></td><td><p>2,039</p></td><td><p>1,034</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr
20 to Jun 20</p></td><td><p>2,133</p></td><td><p>1,143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr
21 to Jun 21</p></td><td><p>2,192</p></td><td><p>1,149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr
22 to Jun 22</p></td><td><p>2,394</p></td><td><p>1,256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr
23 to Jun 23</p></td><td><p>2,582</p></td><td><p>1,361</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS) quarterly person data</p><p>Note
this is unpublished data from our own analysis of ONS Labour Force Survey data and
that the ONS release compared Jan-Mar 2019 to Jan-Mar 2023 data.</p><p> </p>
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