"Figure 11: Working days lost by public and private sector in the UK","" "1996 to 2017","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Thousands" "","" "Year","Private sector","Public sector" "1996","322","981" "1997","163","71" "1998","165","117" "1999","172","70" "2000","136","363" "2001","128","397" "2002","200","1123" "2003","130","369" "2004","163","742" "2005","59","98" "2006","98","656" "2007","37","1002" "2008","48","711" "2009","88","368" "2010","52","313" "2011","113","1276" "2012","51","198" "2013","81","363" "2014","72","716" "2015","79","90" "2016","79","243" "2017","232","44"