Number of people on long-term sickness work leave in the UK 2019-2022, by age
In 2022, there were around 1.32 million people in the United Kingdom aged between 50 and 64 that were on long-term sickness leave, compared with 542,000 people aged between 35 to 49, 331,000 aged between 25 and 24, and 201,000 aged 16 to 24.