Quarter 4 2001		Quarter 1 20021		Per cent
Industry Sex	Sickness absence man-days	Change last year	Sickness absence man-days	Change last year	Quarter 4 2000	Quarter 1 2001	Quarter 4 2001	Quarter 1 20021
TOTAL	6 852 376	446 080	6 800 160	-40 664	6,2	6,5	6,6	7,0
01-05 Agriculture,fishing and forestry	65 326	2 115	61 828	-4 854	4,6	5,1	5,3	5,5
11 Oil and gas extraction	63 412	8 481	63 771	5 350	3,7	3,8	4,0	4,0
10,12-37 Manufacturing and mining	1 086 706	40 560	1 036 809	-34 027	6,7	6,7	6,8	7,1
40-41 Electricity, gas and water supply	47 189	2 530	43 333	-5 518	4,5	4,7	4,6	4,5
45 Construction	500 915	43 454	518 740	13 684	6,3	6,7	6,7	7,4
50-55 Domestic trade, hotels, rest.	1 122 483	75 260	1 105 463	7 428	5,8	6,0	6,2	6,5
60-64 Transport and communication	585 648	9 629	572 935	-30 396	6,8	7,1	7,2	7,5
65-67 Financial intermediation	121 987	6 579	119 585	-1 780	4,4	4,6	4,7	4,7
70-74 Real estate, business act.	568 900	90 784	557 077	25 301	4,4	4,7	5,0	5,3
75 Public administration	442 585	10 897	436 602	-17 401	5,4	5,5	5,6	5,9
80 Education	555 218	49 883	576 214	-2 430	5,9	6,3	6,3	6,8
85 Health and social work	1 454 363	97 196	1 473 331	13 637	8,6	9,0	9,0	9,4
90-99 Services n.e.c.	233 781	12 148	230 752	-7 849	6,2	6,4	6,5	6,9
00 Not reported	3 865	-3 437	3 720	-1 810	5,3	4,9	4,5	5,0
MEN	3 117 926	219 965	3 081 992	-24 124	5,0	5,2	5,3	5,6
01-05 Agriculture,fishing and forestry	43 874	2 824	42 790	-1 079	4,2	4,6	4,9	5,2
11 Oil and gas extraction	49 618	7 870	50 606	6 410	3,4	3,5	3,8	3,8
10,12-37 Manufacturing and mining	765 996	34 879	731 781	-20 417	6,1	6,1	6,2	6,5
40-41 Electricity, gas and water supply	35 399	1 724	32 668	-4 469	4,2	4,3	4,2	4,1
45 Construction	456 443	42 948	473 720	14 191	6,3	6,7	6,7	7,4
50-55 Domestic trade, hotels, rest.	504 617	38 875	493 391	-388	4,7	4,9	5,1	5,4
60-64 Transport and communication	382 460	10 235	381 969	-15 222	6,1	6,4	6,5	6,8
65-67 Financial intermediation	40 086	4 080	39 431	419	2,7	2,9	3,0	3,0
70-74 Real estate, business act.	250 458	40 175	250 055	14 429	3,3	3,4	3,6	3,9
75 Public administration	163 442	2 939	160 780	-9 349	3,7	3,8	3,8	4,0
80 Education	141 443	15 762	143 715	-1 745	3,8	4,2	4,2	4,6
85 Health and social work	191 304	15 592	189 012	-1 672	6,1	6,2	6,4	6,5
90-99 Services n.e.c.	90 546	3 395	89 962	-4 416	5,1	5,1	5,1	5,4
00 Not reported	2 239	-1 333	2 113	-816	4,0	4,0	4,2	4,6
WOMEN	3 734 450	226 115	3 718 168	-16 541	7,8	8,1	8,2	8,7
01-05 Agriculture,fishing and forestry	21 451	-709	19 038	-3 775	5,7	6,1	6,3	6,2
11 Oil and gas extraction	13 794	611	13 165	-1 060	4,9	5,3	5,0	4,8
10,12-37 Manufacturing and mining	320 710	5 681	305 028	-13 611	8,8	8,7	9,0	9,2
40-41 Electricity, gas and water supply	11 789	806	10 665	-1 049	6,0	6,4	6,5	6,2
45 Construction	44 472	506	45 019	-507	6,6	6,7	6,8	8,0
50-55 Domestic trade, hotels, rest.	617 866	36 386	612 072	7 817	7,0	7,3	7,6	7,9
60-64 Transport and communication	203 188	-606	190 966	-15 174	8,6	8,9	9,1	9,6
65-67 Financial intermediation	81 900	2 498	80 155	-2 198	6,3	6,4	6,4	6,5
70-74 Real estate, business act.	318 441	50 609	307 022	10 872	6,2	6,6	7,2	7,5
75 Public administration	279 144	7 958	275 823	-8 052	7,3	7,4	7,7	8,1
80 Education	413 774	34 121	432 499	-685	7,1	7,7	7,5	8,1
85 Health and social work	1 263 059	81 604	1 284 319	15 309	9,2	9,6	9,6	10,1
90-99 Services n.e.c.	143 236	8 753	140 791	-3 433	7,2	7,6	7,8	8,3
00 Not reported	1 626	-2 103	1 607	-994	7,6	6,4	5,1	5,7

1Easter was in the first quarter in 2002, and in the second quarter in 2001. This is influential when we compare first quarter figures from these two years. Both man-days lost due to sickness absence and scheduled man-days decrease significantly during Easter compared to a normal week at this ti me of the year. Easter has stronger influence on scheduled man-days than on man-days lost due to sickness. If we did not take the easter week into account the sickness absence rate would have dropped 0.1-0.2 percentage points for most of the groups.