Sickness absence, Q3 2018

Sickness absence man-days for employees 16-69 years in per cent of contractual man-days, by type of absence and sex. Seasonal- and influenza adjusted¹
	3rd quarter 2018	Per cent from previous quarter
¹The sickness absence rates are shown to two decimal points. In other tables the rates are shown with one decimal point. More decimal points are used when calculating the rates of change in order to get more accurate figures. These will therefore differ slightly from the rates of change produced when using the published rounded figures.
Both sexes
Self-certified and certified by doctor	6.24	0.3
Self-certified	0.93	2.1
Certified by doctor	5.31	0.0
Males
Self-certified and certified by doctor	4.76	-0.4
Self-certified	0.80	1.5
Certified by doctor	3.96	-0.8
Females
Self-certified and certified by doctor	8.00	1.1
Self-certified	1.10	2.8
Certified by doctor	6.91	0.8

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