| 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 1 2008 |
Quarter 2 20081 |
Sickness absence rate (per cent) | Sickness absence rate: Per cent change last year |
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| Sickness absence man-days1 |
Change last year |
Sickness absence man-days1 |
Change last year |
Quarter 1 2007 |
Quarter 2 2007 |
Quarter 1 2008 |
Quarter 2 2008 1 |
1 quarter | 2 quarter | |
| TOTAL | 6 649 477 | -60 840 | 6 783 616 | 1 111 509 | 6,0 | 5,7 | 6,2 | 6,0 | 2,1 | 4,8 |
| Østfold | 414 257 | -2 141 | 425 786 | 74 434 | 7,0 | 6,6 | 7,1 | 7,0 | 2,2 | 5,6 |
| Akershus | 747 321 | -19 109 | 752 440 | 112 596 | 5,9 | 5,5 | 6,0 | 5,7 | 1,0 | 3,6 |
| Oslo | 757 675 | -35 798 | 767 292 | 116 376 | 5,6 | 5,1 | 5,4 | 5,2 | -2,7 | 2,3 |
| Hedmark | 278 684 | -2 587 | 282 259 | 45 362 | 6,8 | 6,5 | 7,0 | 6,8 | 2,9 | 4,8 |
| Oppland | 278 609 | -9 654 | 278 796 | 41 473 | 7,1 | 6,6 | 7,1 | 6,8 | 0,4 | 3,3 |
| Buskerud | 392 292 | -8 923 | 389 907 | 56 564 | 6,6 | 6,1 | 6,7 | 6,3 | 0,9 | 2,6 |
| Vestfold | 292 556 | -2 229 | 303 035 | 58 201 | 5,8 | 5,4 | 5,9 | 5,8 | 1,2 | 7,7 |
| Telemark | 230 170 | 1 585 | 229 336 | 36 195 | 6,2 | 5,9 | 6,6 | 6,2 | 5,0 | 6,1 |
| Aust-Agder | 135 413 | 1 026 | 144 094 | 29 333 | 5,9 | 5,6 | 6,1 | 6,1 | 3,2 | 9,3 |
| Vest-Agder | 210 070 | 4 785 | 215 014 | 38 336 | 5,7 | 5,4 | 5,9 | 5,7 | 4,6 | 5,7 |
| Rogaland | 480 103 | 11 409 | 493 717 | 96 217 | 4,7 | 4,4 | 4,9 | 4,8 | 5,2 | 8,5 |
| Hordaland | 665 972 | -7 679 | 693 673 | 124 379 | 6,1 | 5,7 | 6,2 | 6,1 | 2,1 | 6,8 |
| Sogn og Fjordane | 129 062 | 1 860 | 128 902 | 21 635 | 5,3 | 5,0 | 5,6 | 5,3 | 6,0 | 6,8 |
| Møre og Romsdal | 344 984 | 13 938 | 347 167 | 53 419 | 5,8 | 5,8 | 6,3 | 5,9 | 7,2 | 3,2 |
| Sør-Trøndelag | 402 096 | -1 105 | 413 100 | 71 144 | 6,0 | 5,6 | 6,2 | 6,0 | 3,1 | 5,4 |
| Nord-Trøndelag | 184 480 | 8 408 | 188 255 | 32 896 | 6,4 | 6,3 | 6,9 | 6,7 | 6,9 | 5,4 |
| Nordland | 332 336 | -11 154 | 343 875 | 47 572 | 6,7 | 6,5 | 6,8 | 6,7 | 0,9 | 3,2 |
| Troms | 249 435 | -6 190 | 259 572 | 37 599 | 7,1 | 6,8 | 7,2 | 7,1 | 1,6 | 3,1 |
| Finnmark | 123 314 | 2 764 | 126 417 | 17 505 | 7,6 | 7,7 | 8,1 | 7,8 | 5,8 | 1,7 |
| 1 Easter was in the first quarter in 2008 and in the second quarter in 2007. This is influential when we compare second quarter figures from these two years. During Easter, scheduled man-days decrease more than man-days lost due to sickness absence, which leads to a higher sickness absent rate. Due to earlier observations, we estimate that if we did not take the Easter week into account, the sickness absence rate would have dropped about 0.1 percentage points in the second quarter in 2007. |
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