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). Men. Quarterly figures.

10 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). Men. Quarterly figures.

	Quarter 1 2009¹		Sickness absence rate (per cent)
	Sickness absence man-days ¹	Change last year	Quarter 1 2008	Quarter 1 2009¹
TOTAL	3 212 737	383 654	4,7	5,1
Østfold	212 541	28 589	5,7	6,3
Akershus	334 308	42 843	4,3	4,7
Oslo	332 439	33 420	4,0	4,2
Hedmark	142 775	17 124	5,7	6,3
Oppland	138 558	16 329	5,7	6,2
Buskerud	198 567	31 287	5,2	5,8
Vestfold	146 943	18 716	4,7	5,1
Telemark	124 839	19 779	5,4	6,0
Aust-Agder	75 764	14 319	4,8	5,7
Vest-Agder	113 205	18 720	4,6	5,2
Rogaland	234 480	23 835	3,7	3,9
Hordaland	318 708	33 582	4,7	4,9
Sogn og Fjordane	61 109	4 392	4,4	4,6
Møre og Romsdal	160 441	16 080	4,6	4,8
Sør-Trøndelag	192 589	24 211	4,6	5,0
Nord-Trøndelag	90 112	6 726	5,5	5,7
Nordland	161 488	16 017	5,4	5,7
Troms	120 283	15 778	5,6	6,2
Finnmark	53 451	1 895	6,4	6,3

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.