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). 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 1 2008		Quarter 2 2008¹		Sickness absence rate (per cent)
	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 2008¹
TOTAL	2 829 083	-60 402	2 860 102	437 011	4,7	4,4	4,7	4,5
Østfold	183 952	-7 898	189 450	28 655	5,7	5,4	5,7	5,5
Akershus	291 466	-11 132	291 536	39 532	4,3	4,0	4,3	4,1
Oslo	299 018	-11 136	305 776	47 874	4,1	3,8	4,0	3,9
Hedmark	125 652	-2 778	125 467	19 579	5,6	5,2	5,7	5,4
Oppland	122 228	-7 149	121 339	17 163	5,8	5,2	5,7	5,3
Buskerud	167 280	-4 365	163 739	21 980	5,1	4,7	5,2	4,8
Vestfold	128 228	-2 634	133 536	27 824	4,6	4,2	4,7	4,6
Telemark	105 060	-643	102 281	15 858	5,1	4,6	5,4	4,9
Aust-Agder	61 445	-2 085	64 648	11 304	4,8	4,5	4,8	4,7
Vest-Agder	94 485	-102	95 711	13 882	4,5	4,3	4,6	4,3
Rogaland	210 645	2 902	217 652	41 776	3,6	3,3	3,7	3,6
Hordaland	285 127	-6 732	293 832	49 016	4,6	4,3	4,7	4,6
Sogn og Fjordane	56 717	222	56 673	8 650	4,2	4,0	4,4	4,2
Møre og Romsdal	144 361	-357	143 461	16 117	4,5	4,4	4,6	4,3
Sør-Trøndelag	168 378	-1 634	172 359	28 692	4,5	4,2	4,6	4,4
Nord-Trøndelag	83 385	1 801	83 894	14 466	5,2	5,0	5,5	5,2
Nordland	145 471	-3 210	144 771	19 809	5,3	5,0	5,4	5,1
Troms	104 505	-3 892	104 500	12 181	5,5	5,2	5,6	5,2
Finnmark	51 556	342	49 171	2 399	6,2	6,3	6,4	5,8

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.