| 10 Sickness absence man-days1 for employees with sickness absence certified by a doctor, by county of residence. Figures and per cent of scheduled man-days (sickness absence rate). Men. Quarterly figures. |
| Quarter 4 2005 | Quarter 1 20061 | Per cent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sickness absence- man-days |
Change last year | Sickness absence- man-days |
Change last year | Quarter 4 2004 | Quarter 1 20051 | Quarter 4 2005 | Quarter 1 20061 | |
| TOTAL | 2 647 078 | 52 082 | 2 916 340 | 367 726 | 4,4 | 4,7 | 4,5 | 4,8 |
| Østfold | 167 992 | -2 138 | 193 834 | 32 627 | 5,2 | 5,4 | 5,3 | 5,9 |
| Akershus | 283 357 | 3 625 | 311 428 | 38 732 | 4,1 | 4,4 | 4,3 | 4,5 |
| Oslo | 278 497 | -5 668 | 313 541 | 35 210 | 4,0 | 4,3 | 4,0 | 4,3 |
| Hedmark | 117 833 | 5 385 | 136 212 | 23 903 | 5,0 | 5,4 | 5,3 | 6,0 |
| Oppland | 117 894 | 3 720 | 129 299 | 19 795 | 5,1 | 5,3 | 5,4 | 5,7 |
| Buskerud | 149 759 | -2 880 | 170 072 | 19 022 | 4,7 | 5,0 | 4,7 | 5,2 |
| Vestfold | 117 471 | -251 | 134 645 | 19 734 | 4,3 | 4,6 | 4,4 | 4,9 |
| Telemark | 98 480 | 2 444 | 109 929 | 16 139 | 4,8 | 5,1 | 5,0 | 5,4 |
| Aust-Agder | 56 644 | -2 287 | 62 610 | 6 213 | 4,7 | 4,9 | 4,6 | 4,9 |
| Vest-Agder | 92 581 | 5 026 | 98 544 | 13 888 | 4,4 | 4,5 | 4,6 | 4,8 |
| Rogaland | 192 472 | 9 824 | 208 741 | 29 702 | 3,4 | 3,6 | 3,6 | 3,8 |
| Hordaland | 268 184 | 17 356 | 283 928 | 28 241 | 4,2 | 4,6 | 4,5 | 4,6 |
| Sogn og Fjordane | 53 175 | -1 618 | 58 051 | 4 636 | 4,1 | 4,4 | 4,1 | 4,3 |
| Møre og Romsdal | 132 765 | 2 095 | 142 547 | 17 648 | 4,3 | 4,4 | 4,4 | 4,5 |
| Sør-Trøndelag | 163 808 | 2 332 | 176 244 | 15 993 | 4,5 | 4,8 | 4,6 | 4,8 |
| Nord-Trøndelag | 74 749 | 6 958 | 82 733 | 14 066 | 4,5 | 5,0 | 5,1 | 5,4 |
| Nordland | 136 360 | 7 380 | 145 283 | 13 505 | 4,7 | 5,3 | 5,1 | 5,3 |
| Troms | 97 737 | -1 747 | 104 776 | 6 986 | 5,2 | 5,6 | 5,3 | 5,5 |
| Finnmark | 47 277 | 2 642 | 53 747 | 11 744 | 5,5 | 5,7 | 5,9 | 6,6 |
| 1 Easter was in the second quarter in 2006, and in the first quarter in 2005. 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 absence. 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 in the first quarter of 2005. |
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