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

10 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). Men. Quarterly figures.

	Quarter 2 2006¹		Quarter 3 2006		Sickness absence rate (per cent)
	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
TOTAL	2 395 025	-8 136	2 527 937	136 630	4,3	4,8	4,5	4,9
Østfold	159 097	9 160	165 222	17 970	4,9	5,5	5,5	6,0
Akershus	252 866	-7 386	264 519	6 180	4,1	4,5	4,2	4,6
Oslo	255 674	-4 455	277 204	22 746	3,9	4,3	4,0	4,5
Hedmark	110 427	6 692	111 719	9 367	4,9	5,4	5,6	5,9
Oppland	102 119	-3 695	107 503	2 985	5,0	5,6	5,2	5,7
Buskerud	138 736	-1 567	149 278	12 432	4,6	5,0	4,9	5,4
Vestfold	109 223	2 270	117 786	9 454	4,1	4,7	4,5	5,0
Telemark	86 973	2 447	92 835	4 104	4,5	5,3	4,9	5,3
Aust-Agder	51 454	-1 488	55 962	3 043	4,5	5,0	4,6	5,1
Vest-Agder	80 340	-2 616	85 907	-1 327	4,3	5,1	4,4	4,9
Rogaland	172 913	8 891	179 976	11 706	3,2	3,7	3,5	3,7
Hordaland	236 854	-7 699	249 113	10 576	4,3	4,7	4,4	4,7
Sogn og Fjordane	48 872	-831	50 370	745	4,0	4,5	4,2	4,5
Møre og Romsdal	120 368	-2 381	125 151	6 902	4,2	4,6	4,3	4,6
Sør-Trøndelag	141 092	-8 677	152 694	2 499	4,4	5,0	4,4	4,9
Nord-Trøndelag	69 360	3 216	71 424	2 869	4,7	5,5	5,2	5,5
Nordland	122 302	-1 354	129 889	7 936	4,8	5,4	5,1	5,6
Troms	90 148	-4 115	92 983	-1 629	5,3	6,0	5,4	5,7
Finnmark	46 088	5 412	48 344	8 051	5,4	6,0	6,5	6,9

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.