Table 9 Man-years and absence within the nursing and care services. 1994-2005

9	Man-years¹ and absence within the nursing and care services. 1994-2005

	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003³	2004	2005⁴


Man-year, total	68 331	69 795	73 733	79 435	82 794	86 370	89 669	91 824	93 690	105 883	107 910	110 966
Man-year per user²	0.36	0.39	0.39	0.41	0.42	0.43	0.44	0.45	0.46	0.52	0.53	0.55
Man-year per 1 000 persons 67 years and over	110.00	112.00	119.00	128.00	134.00	140.00	146.00	151.00	155.00	175	179	183
Man-year per 1 000 persons 80 years and over	394.00	395.00	409.00	431.00	439.00	455.00	455.00	456.00	457.00	506	506	514
Absence total	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	14 226	11 417	12 527
Doctor certified sickness absence	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	11 755	8 847	9 966
Maternity leave	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2 471	2 570	2 562
Absence, as a percentage of man-years	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	13	11	11
doctor certified sickness absence, as a percentage of total absence	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	83	77	80

¹	Man-year is the total number of full-time employees and part-time employees converted to full-time employees. Absence and deputyships are included.
²	"Users" is the sum of users of home-based services and the numer of beds in institutions for the aged and disabled.
³	Break in time-series. Until 2002 the number of man-years was collected by use of questionnaires. From 2003 the figures are collected from administrative registers. Figures from 2003 and later are therefore not directly compareable with figures from preceeding years.
⁴	Statistics Norway has regarded the real growth from 2004 to 2005 to be some lower than 3 000; between 1 600 and 2 200 man-years, due to quality improvements in municipal reports.