Sickness absence man-days<sup>1</sup> for employees with sickness absence certified by a doctor, by sex and industry. Figures and per cent of scheduled man-days (sickness absence rate). Quarterly figures.

5 Sickness absence man-days¹ for employees with sickness absence certified by a doctor, by sex and industry. Figures and per cent of scheduled man-days (sickness absence rate). Quarterly figures.

	Quarter 4 2005		Quarter 1 2006¹		Per cent
Industry sex	Sickness absence- man-days	Change last year	Sickness absence- man-days	Change last year	Quarter 4 2004	Quarter 1 2005¹	Quarter 4 2005	Quarter 1 2006¹
TOTAL	6 094 385	254 631	6 714 037	970 382	5,5	5,8	5,8	6,2
01-05 Agriculture,fishing and forestry	48 591	-3 547	53 227	4 464	4,7	4,8	4,5	5,1
11 Oil and gas extraction	60 579	5 657	64 561	9 379	3,2	3,4	3,4	3,6
10,12-37 Manufacturing and mining	788 485	6 985	847 747	104 148	5,3	5,5	5,5	5,8
40-41 Electricity, gas and water suppl	32 551	-1 330	36 307	3 373	3,5	3,8	3,6	4,0
45 Construction	436 889	12 926	497 009	74 802	5,6	5,9	5,7	6,2
50-55 Domestic trade, hotels, rest.	994 243	34 783	1 077 116	138 247	5,2	5,5	5,5	5,8
60-64 Transport and communication	489 780	13 942	533 777	68 901	6,1	6,4	6,4	6,8
65-67 Financial intermediation	100 296	-2 285	109 454	9 926	3,9	4,1	4,1	4,2
70-74 Real estate, business act.	487 285	7 057	531 117	67 085	4,3	4,5	4,4	4,5
75 Public administration	393 410	17 297	429 101	54 083	4,7	5,1	5,1	5,4
80 Education	506 709	-174	592 091	86 926	5,3	5,8	5,6	6,2
85 Health and social work	1 534 985	146 993	1 698 653	314 646	7,3	7,8	8,0	8,6
90-99 Services n.e.c.	220 344	16 480	243 673	34 744	5,3	5,7	5,6	6,1
00 Not reported	239	-154	204	-342	3,1	4,0	3,0	2,8
WOMEN	3 447 307	202 549	3 797 697	602 656	6,8	7,3	7,4	7,9
01-05 Agriculture,fishing and forestry	15 257	-582	16 890	2 647	5,2	5,3	5,2	5,9
11 Oil and gas extraction	15 283	1 572	17 767	4 675	4,3	4,4	4,6	5,3
10,12-37 Manufacturing and mining	234 319	12 603	250 741	40 152	6,9	7,1	7,5	7,7
40-41 Electricity, gas and water suppl	7 888	-865	9 342	1 394	4,9	4,9	4,8	5,7
45 Construction	30 256	-3 780	32 783	2 865	6,7	5,8	5,5	6,0
50-55 Domestic trade, hotels, rest.	558 701	25 400	605 041	84 554	6,4	6,7	6,7	7,2
60-64 Transport and communication	155 211	2 754	166 088	20 661	7,8	8,0	7,9	8,4
65-67 Financial intermediation	67 405	-1 015	72 837	6 769	5,3	5,6	5,8	6,0
70-74 Real estate, business act.	260 869	9 273	279 531	38 248	5,9	6,3	6,4	6,4
75 Public administration	247 210	8 028	269 629	30 860	6,3	6,9	6,8	7,3
80 Education	376 607	2 606	439 326	64 448	6,3	6,8	6,7	7,4
85 Health and social work	1 347 368	136 400	1 491 563	283 673	7,9	8,4	8,7	9,3
90-99 Services n.e.c.	130 778	10 247	145 986	21 903	6,0	6,6	6,5	7,1
00 Not reported	155	-92	173	-192	4,9	5,7	5,4	6,6
MEN	2 647 078	52 082	2 916 340	367 726	4,4	4,7	4,5	4,8
01-05 Agriculture,fishing and forestry	33 333	-2 964	36 338	1 816	4,5	4,6	4,3	4,8
11 Oil and gas extraction	45 296	4 085	46 794	4 704	2,9	3,2	3,1	3,2
10,12-37 Manufacturing and mining	554 167	-5 618	597 006	63 996	4,9	5,1	5,0	5,2
40-41 Electricity, gas and water suppl	24 663	-464	26 965	1 979	3,2	3,6	3,3	3,6
45 Construction	406 633	16 706	464 226	71 938	5,5	6,0	5,7	6,2
50-55 Domestic trade, hotels, rest.	435 542	9 383	472 075	53 693	4,2	4,5	4,4	4,6
60-64 Transport and communication	334 570	11 188	367 690	48 240	5,5	5,8	5,9	6,3
65-67 Financial intermediation	32 890	-1 270	36 616	3 157	2,6	2,8	2,6	2,7
70-74 Real estate, business act.	226 416	-2 216	251 586	28 837	3,3	3,5	3,2	3,4
75 Public administration	146 200	9 269	159 472	23 224	3,2	3,5	3,6	3,8
80 Education	130 102	-2 780	152 766	22 478	3,7	4,0	3,8	4,2
85 Health and social work	187 617	10 593	207 090	30 973	4,9	5,3	5,2	5,6
90-99 Services n.e.c.	89 565	6 233	97 687	12 841	4,5	4,7	4,7	5,0
00 Not reported	84	-62	31	-150	2,0	2,6	1,6	0,7

¹ Easter was in the second quarter in 2006, and in the first quarter in 2005. 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 absence. 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 in the first quarter of 2005.