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218 Sickness absence man-days for employees in per cent of scheduled man-days, by sex and industry. Annual average2
  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
00-99 All industries1 (including not reported) 6.9 6.9 7.0 7.5 6.8 6.7 6.5
Men 5.6 5.5 5.6 6.1 5.4 5.3 5.0
Women 8.6 8.7 8.9 9.3 8.5 8.6 8.4
               
01-03 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.8 5.1 4.9 4.6
Men 4.7 4.6 4.7 5.4 4.6 4.4 4.1
Women 6.1 6.5 6.7 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.0
               
05-09 Mining and quarrying : : : : : : :
Men : : : : : : :
Women : : : : : : :
               
10-33 Manufacturing 6.8 6.7 6.9 7.3 6.6 6.4 6.0
Men 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.7 6.1 5.8 5.5
Women 8.9 8.6 9.0 9.2 8.3 8.4 8.1
               
35-39 Power and water supply, sewerage/remediation activities 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.3 5.7 5.5 5.3
Men 5.7 5.6 5.7 6.0 5.3 5.1 5.0
Women 6.5 6.8 6.9 7.5 7.1 7.3 6.6
               
41-43 Construction 6.8 6.6 6.9 7.7 6.7 6.5 6.1
Men 6.8 6.6 6.8 7.7 6.8 6.5 6.1
Women 6.5 6.7 7.3 7.7 6.6 6.8 6.5
               
45-47 Wholesale, retail trade; repair of motor vehicles 6.2 6.2 6.5 7.1 6.4 6.2 5.9
Men 5.1 5.0 5.3 6.0 5.3 5.0 4.8
Women 7.7 7.8 8.0 8.6 7.9 7.7 7.4
               
49-53 Transportation and storage 7.7 7.4 7.6 8.4 7.9 7.6 7.1
Men 7.1 6.9 7.1 7.9 7.4 7.1 6.6
Women 9.8 9.1 9.6 10.2 9.6 9.6 9.0
               
55-56 Accommodation and food service activities 7.4 7.3 7.6 8.3 7.4 6.8 6.6
Men 6.1 5.9 6.0 6.8 6.0 5.4 5.3
Women 8.3 8.3 8.6 9.4 8.4 7.9 7.5
               
58-63 Information and communication 4.8 4.7 4.6 5.1 4.4 4.4 4.2
Men 3.7 3.6 3.5 4.0 3.4 3.4 3.2
Women 7.3 7.4 7.1 7.8 6.9 7.0 6.8
               
64-66 Financial and insurance activities 4.9 5.0 5.2 5.3 4.9 4.9 4.8
Men 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.1
Women 6.7 7.0 7.1 7.1 6.5 6.8 6.6
               
68-75 Real estate, professional, scientific and technical activities 4.5 4.5 4.5 5.1 4.5 4.5 4.3
Men 3.5 3.5 3.5 4.0 3.5 3.4 3.2
Women 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.9 6.2 6.3 6.0
               
77-82 Administrative and support service activities 7.7 8.0 7.6 8.3 7.5 7.1 6.7
Men 6.1 6.3 6.0 6.6 5.9 5.6 5.3
Women 9.7 10.1 9.6 10.3 9.5 9.1 8.8
               
84 Public administration and defence, social security 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.3 5.8 6.0 5.9
Men 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.1 4.2 4.2
Women 7.7 7.8 7.9 8.3 7.7 7.9 7.8
               
85 Education 6.8 6.7 6.9 7.2 6.4 6.6 6.6
Men 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.9 4.3 4.4 4.3
Women 7.9 7.8 8.2 8.7 7.7 7.9 7.9
               
86-88 Human health and social work activities 9.5 9.5 9.6 10.0 9.3 9.4 9.2
Men 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.9 6.4 6.4 6.1
Women 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.7 10.0 10.1 9.9
               
90-99 Other service activities 6.7 6.6 6.9 7.1 6.6 6.6 6.6
Men 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.4 4.9 4.9 4.9
Women 8.0 7.9 8.2 8.4 7.9 7.9 7.8
               
00 Not reported 2.4 4.7 7.7 7.5 5.9 5.5 4.2
Men 1.7 3.8 5.8 5.1 6.1 4.8 3.4
Women 3.7 6.0 9.1 9.0 5.7 6.3 5.4
1  Conversion to SIC2007 are carried out for figures older than 2008. A description of the conversion method can be viewed in 'About the statistics', section 6.
2  Animal husbandry service activities (except veterinary activities), extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas, water transport, private households with employed persons and extra territorial organisations and bodies are not included in the sample survey about self-certified sickness absence.
Source: Sickness absence statistics, Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/en/sykefratot 

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