Statistics Norway

29   Sickness absence rate for employees1 with sickness absence certified by a doctor, by occupation, sex and age. Q4 2004
Occupation Total Men Women
Sickness absence rate, total Age Total Age Total Age
16-24 25-39 40-54 55-69 16-24 25-39 40-54 55-69 16-24 25-39 40-54 55-69
Total 5.1     3.7     5.0     4.9     6.4     4.3     3.4     4.0     4.3     5.8     6.4     4.3     6.9     6.1     7.3
                               
Legislators, senior officials and managers 3.4 4.8 3.4 3.0 4.4 2.9 3.4 2.3 2.5 4.0 5.3 6.8 5.8 4.6 6.0
Professionals 3.1 1.5 2.7 3.0 4.3 2.2 0.8 1.5 2.2 3.5 4.9 2.9 4.7 4.5 6.4
Technicians and associate professionals 4.2 4.4 4.0 3.9 5.6 3.1 3.3 2.4 3.0 4.8 6.0 5.8 6.3 5.3 6.8
Clerks 5.8 3.8 5.8 5.6 6.7 5.4 3.4 5.0 5.4 6.9 6.1 4.3 6.4 5.7 6.6
Service workers and shop and market sales workers 6.2 3.8 6.7 6.3 7.6 4.6 2.5 4.4 4.9 6.7 7.3 4.5 8.4 7.4 8.2
Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 4.4 2.6 4.8 4.7 5.0 4.2 2.6 4.5 4.3 5.3 4.7 2.6 5.7 6.1 4.4
Craft and related trades workers 5.8 4.4 5.5 5.7 8.1 5.7 4.3 5.4 5.7 8.2 6.9 6.4 7.7 5.9 7.8
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 6.6 4.7 6.3 6.7 8.2 6.2 4.0 5.7 6.3 8.0 9.5 8.8 10.4 8.9 9.5
Elementary occupations 8.0 4.5 8.3 8.5 9.8 6.9 4.7 6.9 7.5 8.8 9.0 4.2 10.3 9.2 10.3
Armed forces and unspecified 4.5 3.3 4.7 4.7 5.9 3.9 2.9 3.7 4.3 5.5 5.6 3.9 6.4 5.7 6.9
1  Employees in health enterprises and the municipal and county administration are not included in the table.

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