Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are co-launching the first estimates of the loss of life and health from ischemic heart disease and stroke attributable to exposure to long working hours.
In a first global analysis of the loss of life and health associated with working long hours, WHO and ILO estimate that, in 2016, 398 000 people died from stroke and 347 000 from heart disease as a result of having worked at least 55 hours a week. Between 2000 and 2016, the number of deaths from heart disease due to working long hours increased by 42%, and from stroke by 19%.
The estimates have been published in Environment International:
Further information is available via https://www.who.int/teams/environment-climate-change-and-health/monitoring/who-ilo-joint-estimates.
