Sickness absence man-days<sup>1</sup> for employees with sickness absence certified by a doctor, by county of residence. Figures and per cent of scheduled man-days (sickness absence rate). Women. Quarterly figures.

11 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). Women. 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	3 447 307	202 549	3 797 697	602 656	6,8	7,3	7,4	7,9
Østfold	198 424	6 849	221 744	40 067	7,6	7,8	8,0	8,6
Akershus	418 069	19 280	463 214	65 585	6,9	7,4	7,4	7,9
Oslo	433 866	13 217	477 181	58 404	6,5	7,0	6,9	7,3
Hedmark	146 999	12 349	160 702	29 989	7,3	7,7	8,2	8,8
Oppland	139 715	6 654	154 751	24 531	7,4	7,9	7,9	8,5
Buskerud	195 681	15 056	215 259	31 591	6,9	7,6	7,6	8,2
Vestfold	145 867	5 660	164 854	28 370	6,5	6,8	6,8	7,6
Telemark	114 374	3 822	127 793	23 646	7,2	7,3	7,6	8,2
Aust-Agder	62 948	1 421	70 066	9 287	6,7	7,2	7,0	7,5
Vest-Agder	99 778	9 007	107 504	18 464	6,5	6,7	7,0	7,5
Rogaland	228 825	18 815	257 624	50 348	5,4	5,7	5,9	6,4
Hordaland	340 643	23 761	367 519	55 262	6,9	7,4	7,6	7,9
Sogn og Fjordane	62 384	2 210	71 888	11 152	5,8	6,4	6,2	6,9
Møre og Romsdal	167 553	12 623	186 005	32 117	6,7	7,2	7,3	7,9
Sør-Trøndelag	214 369	9 582	239 682	40 152	7,1	7,5	7,6	8,3
Nord-Trøndelag	87 670	9 903	96 261	18 418	6,8	7,3	7,8	8,3
Nordland	183 702	19 259	192 425	27 835	7,2	7,8	8,3	8,4
Troms	137 729	5 756	148 963	21 979	8,2	8,5	8,7	9,1
Finnmark	68 133	7 139	73 700	15 280	8,2	8,4	9,3	9,8

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.