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Table 1 Sickness absence rates by age for municipal employees in the health and care sectors in Kristiansand, Norway, and Aarhus, Denmark, 2004 to 2008

From: Sickness absence patterns and trends in the health care sector: 5-year monitoring of female municipal employees in the health and care sectors in Norway and Denmark

 

N

%

2004

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

 

2008

 

P b

Norway

             

N

3,181

 

2,004

 

2,052

 

2,128

 

2,254

 

2,375

  
   

%

 

%

 

%

 

%

 

%

  

Overall rate with CI a

  

11.9

11.8–12.0

10.4

10.3–10.6

10.4

10.3–10.5

11.6

11.5–11.7

11.6

11.5–11.7

0.43

Rate per age group (years)

           

20–29

796

25.0

10.6

 

10.4

 

9.9

 

13.0

 

14.7

 

0.004

30–39

744

23.4

13.7

 

11.4

 

12.4

 

13.5

 

12.7

 

0.63

40–49

813

25.6

10.1

 

9.7

 

9.8

 

11.0

 

10.0

 

0.45

50–59

652

20.5

12.4

 

10.4

 

10.5

 

10.9

 

11.4

 

0.85

60–67

176

5.5

15.7

 

11.9

 

7.8

 

9.4

 

10.1

 

0.13

Denmark

             

N

8,545

 

4,275

 

4,691

 

5,252

 

5,510

 

5,315

  
   

%

 

%

 

%

 

%

 

%

  

Overall rate with CI a

  

7.1

7.0–7.1

7.1

7.1–7.2

8.3

8.2–8.3

8.8

8.7–8.9

8.4

8.4–8.5

0.002

Rate per age group (years)

           

20–29

2,123

24.8

6.7

 

8.5

 

8.8

 

10.7

 

10.3

 

0.01

30–39

1,790

20.9

8.3

 

7.6

 

8.8

 

9.6

 

9.8

 

0.38

40–49

2,098

24.6

6.8

 

7.0

 

7.9

 

8.0

 

7.4

 

0.42

50–59

2,084

24.4

7.0

 

6.8

 

8.4

 

8.6

 

8.1

 

0.03

60–67

450

5.3

5.8

 

4.7

 

6.5

 

7.4

 

6.8

 

0.29

  1. a Between-countries age-adjusted numbers with 95% CIs. b P for linear trend. CI, confidence interval.