31 Sickness absence man-days1 for employees self-certified and certified by a doctor. In per cent
of scheduled man-days (Sickness absence rate), by industry and institutional sector2.3rd
quarter 2008 and 2009.

Industry Institutional sector
Total Central government Local government Private sector/publ. ent.
3rd quarter 2008 3rd quarter 2009 3rd quarter 2008 3rd quarter 2009 3rd quarter 2008 3rd quarter 2009 3rd quarter 2008 3rd quarter 2009
00-99 All industries (including not reported industry) 7.0 7.7 6.7 7.4 8.2 9.0 6.7 7.4
01-03 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 4.9 5.4 : : : : 4.9 5.4
10-33 Manufacturing 7.1 7.5 : : : : 7.1 7.5
35-39 Electricity and water supply, etc. 5.9 6.4 : : : : 6.0 6.5
41-43 Construction 6.8 8.1 : : : : 6.9 8.2
45-47 Domestic trade 6.7 7.5 : : : : 6.7 7.5
49-53 Transportation and storage 7.7 8.7 : : : : 7.7 8.7
55-56 Accomm. and food service act. 7.4 8.6 : : : : 7.4 8.6
58-63 Information and communication 4.6 5.2 : : : : 4.6 5.2
64-66 Financial and insurance activities 5.3 5.3 : : : : 5.3 5.3
68-75 Real estate act. and profess., scient. and tech. act. 4.5 5.5 5.3 5.9 : : 4.5 5.5
77-82 Adm. and support service act. 7.1 8.3 : : : : 7.2 8.5
84 Public administration and defence 6.0 6.5 5.7 6.3 6.6 6.8 : :
85 Education 6.2 6.9 5.1 5.7 6.5 7.3 6.3 7.0
86-88 Human health and social work act. 9.1 10.1 8.4 9.1 9.7 10.7 8.8 9.7
90-99 Other service activities etc, extraterritorial org. 7.1 7.3 : : 6.7 6.8 7.2 7.5
00 Other/not reported industry 7.8 8.2 4.4 4.6 7.9 8.2 6.2 5.3