6    Sickness absence man-days1 for employees with sickness absence certified by a doctor, by industry. Figures and per cent of scheduled man-days (sickness absence rate). Quarterly figures.

  Quarter 1 2005 Quarter 2 2005 Per cent
Industry Sickness absence-
man-days		 Change last year Sickness absence-
man-days		 Change last year Quarter 1 2004 Quarter 2 20041 Quarter 1 2005 Quarter 2 2005
00-99 TOTAL 5 743 655 -1 670 588 5 522 216 -550 014 7,3 6,5 5,8 5,5
01-05 AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING 48 764 -17 305 43 072 -8 152 6,3 5,2 4,8 4,2
   01 Agriculture and hunting 34 133 -10 997 29 522 -5 738 6,5 5,3 5,0 4,3
   02 Forestry and logging 4 414 -2 218 4 019 -761 6,1 4,8 4,4 3,9
   03 Fishing and fish farming 10 217 -4 091 9 532 -1 652 6,0 5,0 4,3 4,1
11 OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION 55 182 -10 157 55 909 416 3,8 3,6 3,4 3,3
10,12-14 MINING AND QUARRYING 10 853 -3 398 9 091 -1 395 6,8 5,3 5,1 4,2
15-37 MANUFACTURING 732 746 -285 932 704 779 -115 308 7,4 6,4 5,5 5,2
   15 Food products and beverages 170 647 -62 448 163 839 -29 824 8,8 7,9 6,9 6,6
   16 Tobacco products 1 297 -1 253 1 695 -237 9,6 7,9 6,0 8,0
   17 Textile products 12 061 -5 435 11 513 -1 856 9,2 7,5 6,5 6,1
   18 Wearing apparel, fur 3 666 -434 3 425 191 7,1 6,7 6,7 6,1
   20 Wood and wood products 45 743 -16 678 44 769 -6 002 8,0 6,7 6,0 5,6
   21 Pulp, paper and paper products 21 669 -10 321 22 498 -3 146 7,2 6,1 5,2 5,3
   22 Publishing, printing, reproduction 66 988 -20 601 65 436 -6 760 6,4 5,7 5,1 4,9
   23 Refined petroleum products 1 770 -700 2 017 -415 3,9 4,1 2,9 3,3
   24 Chemicals and chemical products 35 523 -15 200 33 874 -7 190 5,6 5,1 4,4 4,1
   25 Rubber and plastic products 15 979 -8 016 16 395 -3 530 7,9 7,0 5,6 5,6
   26 Other non-metallic mineral products 29 984 -15 002 26 233 -6 202 8,9 6,5 6,0 4,8
   27 Basic metals 36 167 -12 698 35 220 -4 896 7,0 6,0 5,2 4,9
   28 Fabricated metal products 62 891 -18 684 57 418 -7 917 8,1 6,8 6,0 5,4
   29 Machinery and equipment n.e.c. 52 074 -23 597 50 349 -11 000 6,3 5,6 4,5 4,3
   30 Office machinery and computers 165 -112 181 -13 2,9 2,1 1,7 1,9
   31 Electrical goods 20 983 -9 924 18 951 -5 920 7,2 6,2 5,2 4,6
   32 Radio, Tv sets 8 577 -7 096 8 814 -3 276 6,0 5,0 3,9 3,9
   33 Instrumens etc. 12 290 -2 389 11 693 -572 4,1 3,6 3,4 3,1
   34 Motor vehicles 14 961 -5 919 13 772 -2 197 7,4 6,2 5,7 5,1
   35 Other transport equipment 84 547 -33 649 81 510 -12 426 7,2 6,2 5,3 4,8
   36 Furniture, other 30 295 -14 228 30 876 -1 611 8,1 6,8 5,7 5,7
   37 Recycling 3 043 -1 024 3 069 -18 7,6 6,0 5,6 5,5
40-41 ELECTRICITY, GAS AND WATER SUPPLY 32 934 -9 444 32 021 -1 699 5,0 3,9 3,8 3,9
   40 Electricity etc. 29 296 -8 159 28 745 -1 067 4,9 3,9 3,7 3,9
   41 Water supply 2 729 -1 200 2 565 -511 6,0 4,8 4,5 4,7
45 CONSTRUCTION 422 206 -154 036 378 846 -53 679 8,1 6,6 5,9 5,2
50-55 DOMESTIC TRADE, HOTELS, RESTAURANTS 938 869 -252 943 915 227 -81 330 6,7 6,1 5,5 5,3
   50 Motor vehicles services 133 041 -38 146 130 319 -9 138 6,4 5,7 5,2 5,0
   51 Wholesale trade, commision trade 159 264 -45 497 157 041 -11 196 6,1 5,5 5,0 4,8
   52 Retail trade; repair personal goods 384 265 -91 865 378 500 -26 723 7,0 6,5 5,9 5,7
   55 Hotels and restaurants 172 779 -54 373 167 779 -24 924 8,2 7,7 6,6 6,2
60-64 TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION 464 876 -143 280 434 761 -61 756 7,8 7,1 6,4 5,9
   60 Land transport; pipeline transport 193 215 -60 683 178 810 -28 315 9,9 9,0 7,9 7,3
   61 Water transport 41 479 -12 906 40 764 -1 956 4,4 3,8 3,6 3,3
   62 Air transport 36 935 -8 512 36 698 10 8,0 7,2 6,6 6,5
   63 Supporting transport activities 80 804 -16 547 74 093 -10 011 6,4 6,1 5,6 5,2
   64 Post and telecommunications 112 443 -44 632 104 396 -21 485 8,3 7,4 6,6 6,1
65-67 Financial intermediation 99 527 -24 430 94 914 -7 644 5,0 4,6 4,1 4,0
   65 Financing 67 430 -18 188 63 534 -6 632 5,1 4,6 4,2 4,0
   66 Insurance and pension funding 20 863 -5 520 20 847 -1 076 5,5 5,1 4,4 4,3
   67 Auxiliary financial intermediation 11 234 -722 10 533 64 4,1 4,0 3,5 3,2
70-74 REAL ESTATE, BUSINESS ACTIVITIES 464 033 -118 110 446 051 -46 010 5,6 5,0 4,5 4,2
   70 Real estate 52 244 -9 633 49 727 -1 166 6,0 5,3 5,2 4,6
   71 Renting machinery and equipment 11 714 -6 563 10 753 -2 396 7,4 6,1 5,4 4,5
   72 Computer and related avtivities 52 494 -14 588 49 862 -6 842 3,8 3,4 3,0 2,8
   73 Research and development 18 805 -5 251 18 272 -556 3,8 3,2 3,1 2,9
   74 Other business activities 328 775 -82 076 317 437 -35 050 6,1 5,5 4,9 4,6
   74.1 Legal and accounting act. 51 662 -11 316 50 621 -6 181 4,1 4,0 3,5 3,3
   74.2 Architectural and engineering act. 42 814 -11 611 40 151 -2 233 3,8 3,1 3,0 2,7
   74.3 Technical testing and analysis 16 252 -971 15 546 -185 5,2 4,5 4,2 3,9
   74.4 Advertising 15 428 -2 717 15 328 -427 5,8 5,7 5,3 5,0
   74.5 Labour recr. and prov. of personnel 50 301 -9 894 49 385 -4 436 5,9 5,0 4,7 4,5
   74.6 Investigation and security act. 22 591 -4 477 21 845 -530 7,6 6,7 5,8 5,2
   74.7 Industrial cleaning 75 112 -27 974 70 365 -15 737 13,4 12,1 10,6 9,6
   74.8 Misc. business act. 54 617 -13 118 54 196 -5 321 7,4 7,0 6,2 5,8
75-99 OTHER SERVICES 2 473 119 -650 839 2 407 438 -172 784 8,0 7,3 6,6 6,3
   75 Public administration and defence 375 018 -109 823 362 222 -29 386 6,0 5,5 5,1 4,8
   80 Education 505 165 -135 995 479 916 -46 590 7,0 6,2 5,8 5,3
   80.1 Primary education 303 891 -94 864 287 744 -35 021 8,0 7,0 6,5 6,0
   80.2 Secondary education 100 520 -24 425 98 469 -7 086 6,5 5,9 5,4 5,1
   80.3 Higher education 64 901 -11 475 60 675 -3 117 4,6 4,2 4,0 3,6
   80.4 Adult and other education 35 853 -5 231 33 029 -1 367 6,7 6,0 5,8 5,2
   85 Health and social work 1 384 006 -358 445 1 367 066 -79 766 9,7 8,8 7,8 7,6
   85.1 Human health activities 715 115 -189 106 716 859 -38 462 9,0 8,2 7,3 7,2
   85.2 Veterinary activities 1 644 -530 1 673 -567 5,8 5,0 4,9 4,9
   85.3 Social work activities 667 247 -168 809 648 534 -40 737 10,7 9,5 8,5 8,1
   90 Sewage, refuse disposal activities 27 244 -6 137 25 239 -1 206 9,0 7,4 7,2 6,7
   91 Membership organizations n.e.c 50 962 -7 681 45 634 -5 362 5,7 5,3 5,0 4,5
   92 Cultural and sporting activities 71 531 -16 515 69 189 -4 725 6,0 5,5 4,9 4,8
   93 Other service activities 55 653 -15 364 54 486 -5 846 9,4 8,7 7,4 7,3
   95 Domestic services 3 228 -442 3 379 222 5,0 4,7 4,4 4,7
   99 Extra-territorial org. and bodies 312 -437 307 -125 8,7 5,7 4,0 3,9
   00 Not reported 546 -714 108 -672 6,1 5,4 4,0 1,3

1 Easter was in the first quarter in 2005, and in the second quarter in 2004. This is influential when we compare first quarter figures from these two years. Both man-days lost due to sickness absence and scheduled man-days decrease significantly during Easter compared to a normal week at this time of the year. Easter has stronger influence on scheduled man-days than on man-days lost due to sickness. If we did not take the easter week into account the sickness absence rate would have dropped nearly 0.1 percentage points for most of the groups.
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