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12442: Sickness absence (self and doctor certified) for employees, by industry (16 groups, SIC07), institutional sector (3 groups) and sex 2008K1 - 2026K1

Rakel Gading, Statistics Norway
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Arbeidsmarked, Statistics Norway
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Stine Bakke, Statistics Norway
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Mari Kristine Knutsen, Statistics Norway
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2026-05-28 08:00
Sickness absence rate:
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Sickness absence rate, per cent change from the same quarter last year:
per cent
Sickness absence rate:
End of quarter
Sickness absence rate, per cent change from the same quarter last year:
End of each quarter
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Due to an error in the calculation of self-certified sickness absence, only aggregated figures by gender have been published for the first quarter of 2026. This affects the tables differently: In the seasonally adjusted time series, only total figures by gender are available. In tables that combine self-certified and doctor-certified sickness absence, only totals by gender will be published. In tables where self-certified and doctor-certified sickness absence are presented separately, the doctor-certified figures will be published as normal, while the self-certified and total sickness absence figures will be limited to totals by gender. Figures will be updated as soon as possible.
Certain combinations of sex, industry and institutional sector contain to few enterprises for figures to be presented. From the 1st quarter of 2015, the statistics on sickness absence is based on a new data source, A-ordningen. Therefore, there is a break in the series between 2014 and 2015.