7    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). Men. Quarterly figures.

  Quarter 1
20091		 Sickness absence rate (per cent)
Industry Sickness
absence
man-days 1		 Change
last year		 Quarter 1
2008		 Quarter 1
20091
TOTAL 3 212 737 383 654 4,7 5,1
01-03 AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING 40 084 8 131 4,4 5,2
   01 Agriculture and hunting 23 176 4 277 4,6 5,4
   02 Forestry and logging 5 279 1 021 4,6 5,5
   03 Fishing and aquaculture 11 630 2 833 3,9 4,8
06 OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION 20 252 1 746 2,9 2,5
05, 07-09 MINING AND QUARRYING 44 071 4 510 3,9 3,8
10-33 MANUFACTURING 573 692 38 648 5,2 5,5
   10-12 Food products, beverages, tobacco products 97 177 3 002 6,1 6,2
   13-15 Textile products, wearing apparel, leather products 6 533 -646 6,2 5,8
   16-18 Wood- and paper products, Print./and reprod. of rec 75 291 1 431 5,7 6,3
   19-21 Refined petroleum and chemical products, pharmaceut 23 145 -1 239 4,3 4,0
   22 Rubber and plastic products 15 785 1 580 6,0 6,8
   23 Other non-metallic mineral products 34 737 3 573 6,3 7,1
   24 Basic metals 31 105 1 197 5,2 5,6
   25 Fabricated metal products 66 726 10 340 5,3 6,1
   26 Computers 9 727 2 113 2,2 2,6
   27 Electrical equipment 19 775 1 827 4,8 5,3
   28 Other general purpose machinery 39 688 5 825 4,0 4,3
   29 Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-tr. 13 164 1 722 5,4 7,6
   30 Transport equipment, oil platforms 67 021 5 832 4,8 5,0
   31 Furniture manufacturing 22 191 524 4,9 5,8
   33 Other manufacturing 51 629 1 566 5,2 5,3
35-39 ELECTRICITY, WATER SUPPLY, SEWERAGE, WASTE MANAGEMENT 60 257 5 548 5,1 5,2
   35 Power supply 20 477 -1 398 3,7 3,3
   36-39 Water supply, sewerage, Waste, remediation activiti 39 780 6 946 6,7 7,5
41-43 CONSTRUCTION 592 587 110 409 6,0 6,9
45-47 WHOLESALE, RETAIL TRADE; REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES 451 921 66 709 4,5 5,0
   45 Motor vehicle servicesl 118 638 24 356 5,0 6,0
   46 Wholesale trade, commission trade 203 014 29 386 4,2 4,7
   47 Retail trade 130 270 12 967 4,4 4,8
49-53 TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE 364 958 37 949 6,2 7,0
   49 Land transport, pipeline transport 212 276 34 843 7,9 9,2
   50 Water transport 39 737 1 692 3,6 3,9
   51 Air transport 7 647 -1 688 4,6 3,7
   52 Warehousing/supp. act. for transp. 65 517 6 068 5,5 5,8
   53 Postal and courier activitieset 39 782 -2 967 6,4 7,0
55-56 ACCOMODATION AND FOOD SERVICES ACTIVITIES 71 373 8 070 5,3 5,8
   55 Accommodation 19 878 1 749 5,1 5,3
   56 Food and beverage service act. 51 494 6 321 5,4 6,0
58-63 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION 91 726 12 444 2,7 3,0
   58 Publishing activities 27 646 3 306 3,2 3,4
   59-60 Motion pict./video/tv.prog. prod. and broadcasting 8 590 -383 3,4 3,2
   61 Telecommunications 17 325 2 212 3,0 3,3
   62-63 Computer progr./consult. etc., Inform. serv. act. 38 166 7 309 2,2 2,6
64-66 FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES 41 167 3 827 2,8 2,9
   64 Financial service activities 22 836 1 353 2,8 2,9
   65 Insurance and pension funding 8 169 431 2,8 2,8
   66 Financial and insurance serv. act. 10 163 2 043 2,7 3,3
68 OMSETNING OG DRIFT AV FAST EIENDOM 35 478 10 349 4,1 5,5
69-75 FAGLIG, VITENSKAPELIG OG TEKNISK TJENESTEYTING 96 974 20 058 2,4 2,8
   69-70 Real estate, legal, head offices activities 22 168 4 799 2,2 2,6
   71 Architectural, engineering activities etc. 50 691 11 457 2,5 2,9
     71.1 Architectural, engneering,tech.consult. 38 577 9 391 2,3 2,7
     71.2 Technical testing and analysis 12 114 2 066 3,4 3,7
   72 Scientific research and development 8 389 203 2,0 1,9
   73 Advertising and market research 8 182 2 102 3,1 3,7
   74 Other professional, scientific and technical activitie 7 489 1 666 2,7 3,2
   75 Veterinary activities 56 -169 2,5 0,5
77-82 ADMINISTRATIVE, SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES 181 534 24 018 5,2 5,4
   77 Rental and leasing activities 14 536 2 857 5,0 5,6
   78 Employment activities 50 176 6 157 4,0 3,9
     78.1 Activities of employment placement agenc 2 965 944 3,6 4,5
     78.2 Temporary employment agency activities 46 720 4 992 4,0 3,9
   79 Travel agency etc. and rel. act. 8 258 1 695 4,6 5,5
   80 Security and investigation act. 18 736 2 696 4,6 5,2
   81 Serv. to build. and landscape act 72 103 8 039 7,8 8,0
     81.2 Cleaning activities 38 775 4 490 8,9 9,3
   82 Other business activities 17 725 2 575 4,3 4,7
84 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE 134 132 7 972 3,5 3,4
85 EDUCATION 137 261 4 808 4,1 3,9
     85.1-85.2 Pre-primary and primary education 58 921 1 825 4,9 4,6
     85.3 Secondary education 41 599 1 167 4,5 4,4
     85.4 Higher education 21 714 -223 2,5 2,3
     85.5 Other education 13 743 2 311 4,4 4,7
86-88 HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES 211 430 13 118 5,5 5,6
   86 Human health activities 83 232 2 523 4,5 4,5
   87 Residential care activities 43 448 4 331 6,6 6,8
   88 Social work act. without accomm. 84 749 6 264 6,3 6,5
90-99 OTHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES, EXTRATERRITORIAL ORGANISATIONS 63 516 6 427 4,5 4,6
   90 Creative/arts/entertainment act. 2 639 -4 4,6 4,2
   94 Activities of membership organisations 21 611 1 748 3,8 3,9
   96 Other personal service activities 8 504 215 6,8 6,4
   97 Domestic services 595 -111 5,5 4,9
   99 Extraterritorial organisations and bodies 122 -41 3,9 2,8
00 NOT REPORTED 326 -1 085 5,6 3,6

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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