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). Women. Quarterly figures.

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 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	3 162 491	43 436	3 077 340	219 440	7,0	7,2	7,5	7,5
Østfold	185 771	6 380	184 131	18 609	7,6	7,9	8,2	8,4
Akershus	383 293	-52	373 212	25 829	7,0	7,2	7,5	7,5
Oslo	395 544	4 337	390 884	36 289	6,4	6,6	6,9	7,1
Hedmark	131 603	1 075	124 392	2 224	7,5	8,0	8,3	8,1
Oppland	128 546	1 763	126 593	11 945	7,5	7,6	8,1	8,2
Buskerud	179 122	372	175 852	13 808	7,3	7,4	7,7	7,8
Vestfold	138 720	4 573	136 101	10 775	6,5	6,9	7,2	7,4
Telemark	105 505	3 261	103 191	6 498	7,0	7,5	7,7	7,8
Aust-Agder	57 923	-1 836	56 300	3 563	6,9	6,9	7,0	6,9
Vest-Agder	92 390	4 912	94 680	11 434	6,4	6,8	7,2	7,5
Rogaland	214 882	17 589	205 092	20 811	5,3	5,7	6,0	5,9
Hordaland	306 560	-814	291 808	17 204	7,1	7,2	7,5	7,4
Sogn og Fjordane	60 400	2 005	58 262	4 067	6,0	6,3	6,6	6,5
Møre og Romsdal	158 516	4 311	151 074	10 294	7,1	7,2	7,6	7,5
Sør-Trøndelag	192 197	-4 783	185 274	4 760	7,3	7,6	7,6	7,5
Nord-Trøndelag	78 949	593	76 734	2 178	7,2	7,7	7,8	7,9
Nordland	163 780	-2 542	161 830	8 154	7,7	8,0	8,1	8,3
Troms	128 646	3 195	123 689	7 630	8,2	8,6	9,0	9,0
Finnmark	59 540	-1 178	57 719	3 335	8,6	8,7	9,1	9,1

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.