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

9 Sickness absence man-days for employees with sickness absence certified by a doctor, by county of residence. 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
	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
Østfold	450 088	35 831	7,2	7,4	3,9
Akershus	814 415	67 093	6,0	6,1	2,5
Oslo	835 018	77 343	5,4	5,6	3,2
Hedmark	302 322	23 638	7,1	7,3	3,6
Oppland	302 465	23 860	7,2	7,4	3,6
Buskerud	434 954	42 662	6,7	7,0	4,6
Vestfold	327 823	35 267	5,9	6,3	6,3
Telemark	261 213	31 043	6,6	7,0	7,1
Aust-Agder	162 907	27 494	6,1	6,9	14,0
Vest-Agder	238 319	28 248	6,0	6,3	6,4
Rogaland	531 633	51 542	4,9	5,1	3,1
Hordaland	742 567	76 595	6,2	6,4	4,1
Sogn og Fjordane	138 370	9 308	5,6	5,7	1,9
Møre og Romsdal	371 577	26 585	6,3	6,3	0,9
Sør-Trøndelag	452 450	50 355	6,2	6,5	6,0
Nord-Trøndelag	198 923	14 448	6,9	7,1	2,4
Nordland	359 205	26 869	6,8	7,0	2,4
Troms	280 324	30 889	7,2	7,8	7,8
Finnmark	127 674	4 368	8,1	7,9	-2,8

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.