6    Sickness absence man-days for employees with sickness absence certified by a doctor, by 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 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
   01 Agriculture and hunting 36 953 5 319 5,2 5,8 11,1
   02 Forestry and logging 6 001 1 149 4,8 5,6 16,9
   03 Fishing and aquaculture 15 022 3 253 4,4 5,2 18,9
06 OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION 32 955 2 881 3,5 2,9 -16,1
05, 07-09 MINING AND QUARRYING 52 267 6 387 4,1 3,9 -2,8
10-33 MANUFACTURING 796 715 46 799 5,7 6,0 5,2
   10-12 Food products, beverages, tobacco products 176 685 3 467 7,2 7,3 0,2
   13-15 Textile products, wearing apparel, leather products 17 465 -664 7,5 7,4 -1,6
   16-18 Wood- and paper products, Print./and reprod. of rec 96 577 1 414 6,1 6,7 9,0
   19-21 Refined petroleum and chemical products, pharmaceut 37 770 -429 4,8 4,6 -4,6
   22 Rubber and plastic products 21 021 1 672 6,5 7,2 11,0
   23 Other non-metallic mineral products 41 034 4 072 6,5 7,2 11,1
   24 Basic metals 36 566 304 5,5 5,8 4,1
   25 Fabricated metal products 76 324 10 712 5,4 6,1 12,7
   26 Computers 19 872 3 490 3,5 3,9 10,1
   27 Electrical equipment 27 599 2 208 5,4 5,9 9,1
   28 Other general purpose machinery 49 688 7 932 4,3 4,6 8,5
   29 Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-tr. 16 483 1 013 6,1 8,1 32,6
   30 Transport equipment, oil platforms 81 103 8 339 5,0 5,1 3,5
   31 Furniture manufacturing 40 689 1 363 5,8 6,7 15,4
   33 Other manufacturing 57 839 1 907 5,2 5,3 1,6
35-39 ELECTRICITY, WATER SUPPLY, SEWERAGE, WASTE MANAGEMENT 77 237 8 243 5,2 5,4 3,6
   35 Power supply 31 140 -158 4,2 3,9 -7,4
   36-39 Water supply, sewerage, Waste, remediation activiti 46 097 8 401 6,6 7,4 12,4
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
   45 Motor vehicle servicesl 136 070 26 266 5,2 6,1 18,6
   46 Wholesale trade, commission trade 313 614 41 113 4,8 5,3 9,4
   47 Retail trade 518 626 41 331 6,4 6,7 4,7
49-53 TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE 503 515 43 859 6,7 7,4 9,8
   49 Land transport, pipeline transport 245 467 39 805 8,2 9,4 14,7
   50 Water transport 56 757 1 900 4,1 4,4 7,3
   51 Air transport 20 172 -3 113 6,5 5,6 -14,4
   52 Warehousing/supp. act. for transp. 100 023 9 411 6,1 6,4 4,9
   53 Postal and courier activitieset 81 096 -4 144 7,4 8,1 9,4
55-56 ACCOMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES ACTIVITIES 214 203 17 365 6,8 7,2 4,9
   55 Accommodation 76 367 7 156 7,1 7,5 5,0
   56 Food and beverage service act. 137 836 10 208 6,7 7,0 4,8
58-63 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION 177 726 17 260 3,9 4,0 4,1
   58 Publishing activities 61 148 5 502 4,5 4,7 4,3
   59-60 Motion pict./video/tv.prog. prod. and broadcasting 21 303 340 4,7 4,6 -1,9
   61 Telecommunications 33 872 2 662 4,5 4,7 4,0
   62-63 Computer progr./consult. etc., Inform. serv. act. 61 402 8 755 3,0 3,2 7,4
64-66 FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES 120 063 9 448 4,3 4,4 2,5
   64 Financial service activities 73 770 5 461 4,3 4,4 2,1
   65 Insurance and pension funding 26 358 1 856 4,5 4,5 -0,7
   66 Financial and insurance serv. act. 19 935 2 131 4,0 4,3 8,2
68 OMSETNING OG DRIFT AV FAST EIENDOM 56 814 11 727 4,8 5,7 19,4
69-75 FAGLIG, VITENSKAPELIG OG TEKNISK TJENESTEYTING 216 470 37 017 3,5 3,7 6,7
   69-70 Real estate, legal, head offices activities 72 264 12 822 3,6 3,9 7,7
   71 Architectural, engineering activities etc. 84 648 17 929 3,2 3,5 11,6
     71.1 Architectural, engneering,tech.consult. 62 826 15 363 2,9 3,3 16,2
     71.2 Technical testing and analysis 21 821 2 566 4,3 4,3 0,7
   72 Scientific research and development 22 116 133 3,3 3,0 -10,8
   73 Advertising and market research 19 222 3 350 4,6 4,9 7,9
   74 Other professional, scientific and technical activitie 15 549 2 548 3,9 4,2 8,5
   75 Veterinary activities 2 671 236 5,5 5,1 -6,2
77-82 ADMINISTRATIVE, SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES 431 658 49 244 6,8 7,0 3,6
   77 Rental and leasing activities 19 714 2 610 5,5 5,8 5,2
   78 Employment activities 113 468 18 289 4,8 4,9 3,3
     78.1 Activities of employment placement agenc 6 995 1 342 5,4 6,2 15,3
     78.2 Temporary employment agency activities 105 929 16 753 4,7 4,9 2,6
   79 Travel agency etc. and rel. act. 26 185 5 828 5,1 6,5 26,9
   80 Security and investigation act. 33 065 3 325 6,3 6,8 7,9
   81 Serv. to build. and landscape act 186 810 14 108 9,9 10,1 1,5
     81.2 Cleaning activities 96 199 6 430 10,7 10,9 1,9
   82 Other business activities 52 415 5 084 6,6 7,0 6,2
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
     85.1-85.2 Pre-primary and primary education 333 876 16 518 7,4 7,2 -2,9
     85.3 Secondary education 119 842 3 667 6,4 6,1 -3,6
     85.4 Higher education 74 214 1 371 4,4 4,1 -7,0
     85.5 Other education 41 509 3 026 6,4 6,2 -3,6
86-88 HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES 1 828 071 124 537 8,6 8,7 0,8
   86 Human health activities 619 311 35 682 7,4 7,5 1,0
   87 Residential care activities 457 541 26 796 9,5 9,5 -0,3
   88 Social work act. without accomm. 751 218 62 060 9,4 9,4 1,0
90-99 OTHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES, EXTRATERRITORIAL ORGANISATIONS 197 352 16 567 6,1 6,2 2,4
   90 Creative/arts/entertainment act. 6 002 -43 5,7 5,2 -9,0
   94 Activities of membership organisations 55 956 2 088 5,2 5,1 -1,5
   96 Other personal service activities 66 336 5 220 8,5 8,8 3,4
   97 Domestic services 1 168 -21 6,2 6,3 2,3
   99 Extraterritorial organisations and bodies 362 -184 5,4 3,5 -34,5
00 NOT REPORTED 1 533 -2 391 7,1 6,3 -11,2

1 Easter is in the second quarter of 2009 and first quarter in 2008. 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.
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