Statistics Norway

Municipal health and care services

9   Man-years1 and absence within the nursing and care services. 2003-2005. Preliminary figures
  1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 20033 2004 2005
Man-year, total 68 331   69 795   73 733   79 435   82 794   86 370   89 669   91 824   93 690    105 883    107 910    110 966
Man-year per user2 0.36 0.39 0.39 0.41 0.42 0.43 0.44 0.45 0.46 0.52 0.53 0.55
Man-year per 1 000 persons 67 years and over  110  112  119  128  134  140  146  151  155  175  179  183
Man-year per 1 000 persons 80 years and over  394  395  409  431  439  455  455  456  457  506  506  514
Absence total . . . . . . . . . 14 226 11 417 12 527
Doctor certified sickness absence . . . . . . . . . 11 755 8 847 9 966
Maternity leave . . . . . . . . . 2 471 2 570 2 562
Absence, as a percentage of man-years . . . . . . . . . 13 11 11
Doctor certified sickness absence, as a percentage of total absence . . . . . . . . . 83 77 80
1  Man-year is the total number of full-time employees and part-time employees converted to full-time employees. Absence and deputyships are included.
2  "Users" is the sum of users of home-based services and the numer of beds in institutions for the aged and disabled.
3  Break in time-series. Until 2002 the number of man-years was collected by use of questionnaires. From 2003 the figures are collected from administrative registers. Figures from 2003 and later are therefore not directly comparable with figures from preceeding years.

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