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). 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 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	3 820 394	-439	3 923 513	674 498	7,8	7,4	7,9	7,8
Østfold	230 305	5 758	236 336	45 780	8,6	8,2	8,9	8,8
Akershus	455 856	-7 977	460 905	73 064	7,8	7,3	7,9	7,6
Oslo	458 656	-24 662	461 516	68 502	7,2	6,6	7,0	6,7
Hedmark	153 033	191	156 793	25 783	8,3	8,1	8,6	8,5
Oppland	156 380	-2 505	157 457	24 310	8,8	8,3	8,9	8,6
Buskerud	225 012	-4 558	226 168	34 585	8,5	7,9	8,5	8,2
Vestfold	164 328	406	169 499	30 377	7,4	7,0	7,5	7,4
Telemark	125 110	2 227	127 054	20 337	7,8	7,5	8,0	7,9
Aust-Agder	73 968	3 111	79 446	18 030	7,3	7,1	7,7	8,0
Vest-Agder	115 585	4 887	119 303	24 454	7,4	7,1	7,8	7,7
Rogaland	269 457	8 507	276 065	54 441	6,2	5,9	6,5	6,4
Hordaland	380 846	-947	399 841	75 362	8,0	7,5	8,1	8,1
Sogn og Fjordane	72 345	1 638	72 228	12 985	6,7	6,3	7,1	6,8
Møre og Romsdal	200 623	14 295	203 706	37 302	7,7	7,6	8,4	8,1
Sør-Trøndelag	233 718	529	240 741	42 452	7,8	7,4	8,1	7,9
Nord-Trøndelag	101 094	6 607	104 361	18 430	8,1	8,2	8,6	8,6
Nordland	186 866	-7 944	199 103	27 763	8,4	8,2	8,4	8,6
Troms	144 930	-2 299	155 071	25 418	8,9	8,7	9,1	9,3
Finnmark	71 758	2 422	77 246	15 106	9,3	9,3	9,9	10,2

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.