| 32 Sickness absence man-days for employees with sickness absence certified by a doctor and self-sertified1, by county of work. In per cent of scheduled man-days (sickness absence rate). Quarterly figures. |
| Per cent | Relative change | ||
| Quarter 1 2008 | Quarter 1 20092 | Change 1 quarter last year | |
| TOTAL | 7,4 | 7,7 | 3,3 |
| Østfold | 8,4 | 8,9 | 4,9 |
| Akershus | 7,5 | 7,7 | 3,3 |
| Oslo | 6,7 | 6,9 | 2,0 |
| Hedmark | 8,2 | 8,6 | 4,4 |
| Oppland | 8,3 | 8,8 | 6,5 |
| Buskerud | 8,0 | 8,3 | 4,7 |
| Vestfold | 7,2 | 7,7 | 6,3 |
| Telemark | 7,9 | 8,5 | 8,3 |
| Aust-Agder | 7,4 | 8,2 | 10,4 |
| Vest-Agder | 7,2 | 7,6 | 5,7 |
| Rogaland | 6,0 | 6,2 | 2,7 |
| Hordaland | 7,4 | 7,6 | 2,9 |
| Sogn og Fjordane | 7,3 | 7,3 | -0,3 |
| Møre og Romsdal | 7,7 | 7,7 | 0,2 |
| Sør-Trøndelag | 7,6 | 7,8 | 3,3 |
| Nord-Trøndelag | 8,2 | 8,5 | 4,3 |
| Nordland | 8,4 | 8,6 | 2,6 |
| Troms | 8,6 | 9,0 | 5,1 |
| Finnmark | 9,9 | 9,6 | -3,6 |
| Not reported, Svalbard, Jan Mayen and Continental sh | 5,3 | 4,5 | -15,0 |
| 1 Animal husbandry service activities (except veterinary activities), extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas, water transport, private households with employed persons and extra territorial organizations and bodies are not included in the sample survey about self-certified sickness absence. |
| 2 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. |