Statistics Norway

29   Sickness absence rate for employees with sickness absence certified by a doctor, by occupation, sex and age. Q1 2004
Occupation Employees in health enterprises and the municipal and county administration are not included in the table
Total Males Females
Total Age Total Age Total Age
16-24 25-39 40-54 55-69 16-24 25-39 40-54 55-69 16-24 25-39 40-54 55-69
  Sickness absence rate
Total 6.7 5.0 6.5 6.6 8.6 5.8 4.4 5.3 5.9 7.9 8.3 5.8 8.8 8.1 9.9
                               
Legislators, senior officials and managers 4.4 5.7 4.3 3.8 5.6 3.7 2.9 2.9 3.4 5.3 6.5 8.9 7.3 5.4 7.3
Professionals 3.9 1.8 3.3 3.9 5.6 2.8 1.1 2.0 2.8 4.7 6.0 3.1 5.5 5.9 8.0
Technicians and associate professionals 5.3 4.8 4.8 5.1 7.3 3.9 3.9 3.0 3.9 6.2 7.4 5.9 7.4 6.9 9.1
Clerks 7.5 4.9 7.3 7.5 8.9 6.9 4.3 6.3 7.3 8.9 7.9 5.6 8.1 7.6 8.9
Service workers and shop and market sales workers 7.7 4.7 8.3 8.2 9.9 5.8 3.1 5.6 6.5 8.6 9.0 5.6 10.3 9.4 10.9
Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 5.8 3.4 5.9 7.2 6.9 5.5 3.3 5.2 6.5 8.3 6.5 3.7 8.3 9.6 4.2
Craft and related trades workers 8.1 5.8 7.6 8.4 11.8 8.0 5.6 7.5 8.4 11.9 9.5 8.9 9.7 9.1 10.7
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 9.0 5.6 8.5 9.2 11.9 8.4 5.1 7.7 8.7 11.4 12.8 8.6 13.7 12.3 14.7
Elementary occupations 10.4 5.3 11.4 11.6 12.7 9.2 5.3 9.6 10.5 11.6 11.6 5.3 13.7 12.3 13.3
Armed forces and unspecified 2.1 1.3 2.0 2.8 2.7 2.0 1.1 1.8 2.6 2.7 4.8 4.1 4.4 7.2 5.2

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