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

11 Sickness absence man-days for employees with sickness absence certified by a doctor, by county of residence. Figures and per cent of contractual man-days (sickness absence rate). Women. Quarterly figures.

	Quarter 1 2009¹		Sickness absence rate (per cent)
	Sickness absence man-days ¹	Change last year	Quarter 1 2008	Quarter 1 2009¹
TOTAL	4 120 277	299 903	8,0	8,1
Østfold	237 547	7 242	9,0	8,8
Akershus	480 107	24 250	7,9	7,8
Oslo	502 579	43 923	7,1	7,2
Hedmark	159 547	6 514	8,7	8,5
Oppland	163 908	7 530	8,9	8,8
Buskerud	236 388	11 376	8,6	8,5
Vestfold	180 880	16 552	7,5	7,8
Telemark	136 374	11 264	8,1	8,3
Aust-Agder	87 144	13 175	7,8	8,5
Vest-Agder	125 114	9 528	7,9	7,9
Rogaland	297 152	27 706	6,6	6,7
Hordaland	423 859	43 013	8,1	8,4
Sogn og Fjordane	77 261	4 916	7,1	7,2
Møre og Romsdal	211 136	10 505	8,5	8,3
Sør-Trøndelag	259 861	26 144	8,1	8,5
Nord-Trøndelag	108 811	7 721	8,7	8,8
Nordland	197 717	10 852	8,5	8,5
Troms	160 041	15 112	9,2	9,6
Finnmark	74 223	2 473	10,0	9,6

¹ Easter is in the second quarter of 2009 and first quarter in 2008. This is influential when we compare first quarter figures from these two years. During Easter, contractual man-days decrease more than man-days lost due to sickness absence, which leads to a higher sickness absent rate. Due to earlier observations, we estimate that if we did not take the Easter week into account, the sickness absence rate would have dropped about 0.1 percentage points in the first quarter of 2008.