| 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 2 20061 | Quarter 3 2006 | Sickness absence rate (per cent) | Sickness absence rate: Per cent change last year |
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| Sickness absence man-days |
Change last year |
Sickness absence man-days |
Change last year |
Quarter 2 20051 |
Quarter 3 2005 |
Quarter 2 20061 |
Quarter 3 2006 |
2 quarter | 3 quarter | |
| TOTAL | 5 557 516 | 35 300 | 5 605 277 | 356 070 | 5,5 | 5,9 | 5,8 | 6,1 | 6,7 | 3,5 |
| Østfold | 344 868 | 15 541 | 349 354 | 36 579 | 6,1 | 6,5 | 6,7 | 7,0 | 10,6 | 7,9 |
| Akershus | 636 159 | -7 437 | 637 731 | 32 009 | 5,4 | 5,8 | 5,7 | 5,9 | 5,3 | 2,9 |
| Oslo | 651 218 | -118 | 668 088 | 59 035 | 5,1 | 5,4 | 5,4 | 5,7 | 5,3 | 5,5 |
| Hedmark | 242 030 | 7 767 | 236 111 | 11 591 | 6,1 | 6,6 | 6,8 | 6,8 | 12,1 | 4,2 |
| Oppland | 230 665 | -1 932 | 234 096 | 14 930 | 6,1 | 6,5 | 6,5 | 6,8 | 6,5 | 5,4 |
| Buskerud | 317 858 | -1 195 | 325 130 | 26 239 | 5,8 | 6,1 | 6,1 | 6,5 | 6,4 | 6,1 |
| Vestfold | 247 942 | 6 843 | 253 887 | 20 228 | 5,2 | 5,7 | 5,7 | 6,1 | 10,0 | 6,8 |
| Telemark | 192 478 | 5 709 | 196 026 | 10 602 | 5,6 | 6,2 | 6,1 | 6,4 | 9,9 | 3,3 |
| Aust-Agder | 109 378 | -3 324 | 112 262 | 6 606 | 5,5 | 5,8 | 5,6 | 5,9 | 1,4 | 1,3 |
| Vest-Agder | 172 730 | 2 296 | 180 587 | 10 108 | 5,2 | 5,8 | 5,6 | 6,0 | 7,6 | 3,5 |
| Rogaland | 387 795 | 26 479 | 385 068 | 32 518 | 4,1 | 4,5 | 4,6 | 4,6 | 11,8 | 3,2 |
| Hordaland | 543 414 | -8 514 | 540 921 | 27 780 | 5,5 | 5,8 | 5,7 | 5,9 | 3,7 | 1,5 |
| Sogn og Fjordane | 109 272 | 1 174 | 108 632 | 4 811 | 4,9 | 5,3 | 5,2 | 5,4 | 7,4 | 1,6 |
| Møre og Romsdal | 278 884 | 1 929 | 276 226 | 17 196 | 5,5 | 5,7 | 5,7 | 5,9 | 5,1 | 2,4 |
| Sør-Trøndelag | 333 288 | -13 460 | 337 968 | 7 260 | 5,7 | 6,2 | 5,8 | 6,1 | 1,9 | -1,7 |
| Nord-Trøndelag | 148 308 | 3 809 | 148 158 | 5 047 | 5,8 | 6,4 | 6,3 | 6,5 | 9,5 | 1,2 |
| Nordland | 286 082 | -3 896 | 291 719 | 16 090 | 6,1 | 6,6 | 6,5 | 6,8 | 5,7 | 3,5 |
| Troms | 218 794 | -920 | 216 672 | 6 001 | 6,6 | 7,2 | 7,0 | 7,2 | 6,4 | 0,3 |
| Finnmark | 105 628 | 4 234 | 106 062 | 11 386 | 6,9 | 7,3 | 7,7 | 8,0 | 11,6 | 9,2 |
| 1 Easter was in the second quarter in 2006, and in the first quarter in 2005. This is influential when we compare second 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 we roughly estimate that the sickness absence rate would have dropped nearly 0.1 percentage points for most of the groups in the second quarter of 2006. |