Peter, Shaw Trust client in Llanelli, Wales, working as a farm labourer
- Only 17% of disabled people were born with their disabilities (Source: Institute for Public Policy Research article Work for disabled people)
- One in four people will be affected by mental ill health in the course of their life (Source: Mind)
- Mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety, now account for more Incapacity Benefit claims than back pain (Source: Mind, Stress and mental health in the workplace, 2005)
- One in four men and one in five women will suffer a critical illness before they are 65 (Source: Health insurance: the online guide to critical illness insurance)
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The cost of staff absence to the UK economy rose to over £13bn in 2005 (Source: CBI/ AXA (2006) Absence Survey)
