11    Sickness absence man-days1 for employees with sickness absence certified by a doctor,
by county of residence. Figures and per cent of scheduled man-days (sickness absence rate).
Women. Quarterly figures.

  Quarter 4 2004 Quarter 1 2005 Per cent
  Sickness absence-
man-days
Change last year Sickness absence-
man-days
Change last year Quarter 4 20031 Quarter 1 2004 Quarter 4 2004 Quarter 1 2005
TOTAL 3 244 758 -992 555 3 195 041 -893 524 9,2 9,0 6,8 7,3
   Østfold 191 575 -63 831 181 677 -65 871 10,3 10,3 7,6 7,8
   Akershus 398 789 -112 356 397 629 -95 647 9,1 8,9 6,9 7,4
   Oslo 420 649 -92 560 418 777 -84 238 8,3 8,2 6,5 7,0
   Hedmark 134 650 -46 675 130 713 -38 385 10,2 9,6 7,3 7,7
   Oppland 133 060 -39 039 130 220 -34 845 9,8 9,5 7,4 7,9
   Buskerud 180 625 -70 911 183 669 -62 525 9,7 9,8 6,9 7,6
   Vestfold 140 208 -49 157 136 484 -49 118 8,8 8,9 6,5 6,8
   Telemark 110 553 -32 886 104 146 -35 241 9,4 9,3 7,2 7,3
   Aust-Agder 61 526 -17 201 60 779 -17 203 8,9 9,0 6,7 7,2
   Vest-Agder 90 771 -26 407 89 040 -26 381 8,8 8,8 6,5 6,7
   Rogaland 210 010 -66 190 207 275 -59 376 7,4 7,3 5,4 5,7
   Hordaland 316 882 -105 647 312 258 -93 636 9,5 9,3 6,9 7,4
   Sogn og Fjordane 60 174 -21 389 60 736 -16 201 8,1 7,8 5,8 6,4
   Møre og Romsdal 154 930 -40 724 153 888 -40 286 8,8 8,8 6,7 7,2
   Sør-Trøndelag 204 787 -58 921 199 530 -50 006 9,4 9,2 7,1 7,5
   Nord-Trøndelag 77 767 -31 848 77 843 -25 465 9,8 9,4 6,8 7,3
   Nordland 164 443 -67 089 164 590 -51 093 10,3 9,8 7,2 7,8
   Troms 131 973 -29 878 126 984 -31 399 10,1 10,1 8,2 8,5
   Finnmark 60 994 -19 857 58 420 -16 696 11,0 10,4 8,2 8,4

1  Easter was in the first quarter in 2005, and in the second quarter in 2004. 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 time 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 nearly 0.1 percentage points for most of the groups.