Table 6.7
Limiting Long Standing illness by ILO Economic Activity, 1998-99 to 2007-08
Persons aged 16+											Percentages
	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	Base (2007-08) =100%4
Employed1	9	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	2,382
Unemployed2	16	19	13	14	17	15	21	12	15	14	70
Economically Inactive3	40	43	41	41	46	45	46	41	39	41	2,554
All Persons	24	26	24	24	26	25	25	25	24	25	5,006
	Source:Continuous Household Survey
Notes:
1 Those who did some paid work as an employee or self-employed,had  a job they were temporarily away from (eg holiday),
those participating in government employment or training programmes and those doing unpaid family work
2 Those who were out of work and had looked for work the previous 4 weeks or would have looked but for a temporary
sickness or injury and was available to start work in the next 2 weeks, or those waiting to start a job
3 All those not classed as employed or unemployed
4Bases for earlier years are of a similar size