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

9 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). Quarterly figures.

	Quarter 4 2005		Quarter 1 2006¹		Per cent
	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
Østfold	366 417	4 711	415 578	72 694	6,3	6,5	6,5	7,1
Akershus	701 426	22 905	774 642	104 317	5,4	5,8	5,7	6,1
Oslo	712 363	7 550	790 721	93 614	5,2	5,6	5,3	5,7
Hedmark	264 831	17 734	296 914	53 892	6,0	6,4	6,6	7,2
Oppland	257 609	10 374	284 050	44 326	6,1	6,4	6,5	7,0
Buskerud	345 440	12 176	385 332	50 613	5,7	6,2	6,0	6,5
Vestfold	263 339	5 408	299 499	48 104	5,3	5,6	5,5	6,0
Telemark	212 854	6 265	237 722	39 786	5,8	6,0	6,1	6,6
Aust-Agder	119 591	-865	132 676	15 500	5,6	5,9	5,6	6,0
Vest-Agder	192 359	14 033	206 048	32 352	5,2	5,4	5,6	5,9
Rogaland	421 297	28 639	466 364	80 050	4,2	4,5	4,6	4,9
Hordaland	608 827	41 118	651 448	83 503	5,4	5,8	5,8	6,0
Sogn og Fjordane	115 558	591	129 939	15 788	4,9	5,3	5,0	5,5
Møre og Romsdal	300 318	14 718	328 552	49 764	5,3	5,6	5,6	5,9
Sør-Trøndelag	378 178	11 913	415 927	56 145	5,6	6,0	5,9	6,3
Nord-Trøndelag	162 419	16 861	178 994	32 483	5,5	6,0	6,2	6,7
Nordland	320 062	26 638	337 708	41 340	5,9	6,4	6,6	6,7
Troms	235 467	4 009	253 740	28 965	6,6	6,9	6,8	7,1
Finnmark	115 410	9 781	127 447	27 024	6,8	7,0	7,6	8,1

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.