Sickness absence man-days for employees with sickness absence certified by a doctor, by sex and industry. Figures and per cent of contractual man-days (sickness absence rate). Quarterly figures.

5 Sickness absence man-days for employees with sickness absence certified by a doctor, by sex and industry. Figures and per cent of contractual man-days (sickness absence rate). Quarterly figures.

	Quarter 1 2009¹		Sickness absence rate (per cent)		Sickness absence rate: Per cent change last year
Industry sex	Sickness absence man-days ¹	Change last year	Quarter 1 2008	Quarter 1 2009 ¹	1 quarter
TOTAL	7 333 014	683 557	6,2	6,4	3,9
01-03 Agriculture, forestry and fishing	57 976	9 722	5,0	5,6	13,6
05-09 Mining and quarrying	85 222	9 269	3,8	3,5	-8,8
10-33 Manufacturing	796 715	46 799	5,7	6,0	5,2
35-39 Electricity, water supply, sewerage, waste managem	77 237	8 243	5,2	5,4	3,6
41-43 Construction	642 534	117 196	6,1	6,9	13,8
45-47 Wholesale, retail trade; repair of motor vehicles	968 310	108 710	5,7	6,1	7,9
49-53 Transportation and storage	503 515	43 859	6,7	7,4	9,8
55-56 Accomm. and food service activities	214 203	17 365	6,8	7,2	4,9
58-63 Information and communication	177 726	17 260	3,9	4,0	4,1
64-66 Financial and insurance activities	120 063	9 448	4,3	4,4	2,5
68-75 Real estate and technical activities	273 284	48 744	3,7	4,0	8,8
77-82 Administrative, support service activities	431 658	49 244	6,8	7,0	3,6
84 Public administration and defence	375 899	32 354	5,0	5,0	0,2
85 Education	581 718	26 631	6,5	6,3	-3,5
86-88 Human health and social work act.	1 828 071	124 537	8,6	8,7	0,8
90-99 Other service activities, extraterritorial org.	197 352	16 567	6,1	6,2	2,4
00 Not reported	1 533	-2 391	7,1	6,3	-11,2
WOMEN	4 120 277	299 903	8,0	8,1	0,8
01-03 Agriculture, forestry and fishing	17 892	1 591	6,5	6,8	4,7
05-09 Mining and quarrying	20 899	3 013	5,5	4,6	-17,6
10-33 Manufacturing	223 022	8 151	7,8	7,9	0,7
35-39 Electricity, water supply, sewerage, waste managem	16 980	2 695	6,0	6,3	6,0
41-43 Construction	49 948	6 788	6,6	7,2	9,8
45-47 Wholesale, retail trade; repair of motor vehicles	516 389	42 001	7,2	7,5	3,9
49-53 Transportation and storage	138 557	5 910	8,4	8,7	4,1
55-56 Accomm. and food service activities	142 830	9 295	7,9	8,1	2,9
58-63 Information and communication	86 000	4 816	6,5	6,6	0,9
64-66 Financial and insurance activities	78 896	5 621	5,9	6,0	1,3
68-75 Real estate and technical activities	140 832	18 337	5,3	5,4	0,7
77-82 Administrative, support service activities	250 124	25 226	8,6	8,9	4,0
84 Public administration and defence	241 767	24 383	6,8	6,8	0,3
85 Education	444 457	21 822	8,0	7,8	-3,3
86-88 Human health and social work act.	1 616 641	111 419	9,3	9,4	0,6
90-99 Other service activities, extraterritorial org.	133 836	10 140	7,3	7,5	2,5
00 Not reported	1 207	-1 305	8,3	7,9	-5,6
MEN	3 212 737	383 654	4,7	5,1	7,6
01-03 Agriculture, forestry and fishing	40 084	8 131	4,4	5,2	18,2
05-09 Mining and quarrying	64 322	6 256	3,5	3,2	-7,2
10-33 Manufacturing	573 692	38 648	5,2	5,5	6,8
35-39 Electricity, water supply, sewerage, waste managem	60 257	5 548	5,1	5,2	2,8
41-43 Construction	592 587	110 409	6,0	6,9	14,2
45-47 Wholesale, retail trade; repair of motor vehicles	451 921	66 709	4,5	5,0	12,7
49-53 Transportation and storage	364 958	37 949	6,2	7,0	12,0
55-56 Accomm. and food service activities	71 373	8 070	5,3	5,8	8,9
58-63 Information and communication	91 726	12 444	2,7	3,0	8,2
64-66 Financial and insurance activities	41 167	3 827	2,8	2,9	4,5
68-75 Real estate and technical activities	132 452	30 406	2,7	3,2	17,5
77-82 Administrative, support service activities	181 534	24 018	5,2	5,4	4,2
84 Public administration and defence	134 132	7 972	3,5	3,4	-1,3
85 Education	137 261	4 808	4,1	3,9	-4,4
86-88 Human health and social work act.	211 430	13 118	5,5	5,6	1,4
90-99 Other service activities, extraterritorial org.	63 516	6 427	4,5	4,6	3,1
00 Not reported	326	-1 085	5,6	3,6	-35,4

¹ Easter is in the second quarter of 2009 and first quarter in 2008. This is influential when we compare first quarter figures from these two years. During Easter, contractual 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 first quarter of 2008.