Table 1
Age adjusted percentage of employees with sickness absence* in each of the 15 member states of the European Union, 2000
| Country | n | Total | Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | ||
| *Absent at least one day in the past 12 months by an accident at work, by health problems caused by the work, or by other health problems. | |||||||
| Greece | 496 | 6.7 | (4.8 to 9.3) | 8.9 | (6.1 to 12.8) | 3.5 | (1.7 to 7.1) |
| Ireland | 1078 | 8.3 | (6.8 to 10.1) | 9.2 | (7.1 to 12.0) | 7.3 | (5.4 to 9.9) |
| Portugal | 1011 | 8.4 | (6.9 to 10.3) | 10.1 | (7.7 to 13.1) | 6.8 | (5.0 to 9.3) |
| Italy | 1025 | 8.5 | (6.9 to 10.4) | 9.9 | (7.8 to 12.5) | 6.4 | (4.4 to 9.2) |
| United Kingdom | 1212 | 11.7 | (10.0 to 13.7) | 13.3 | (10.9 to 16.2) | 10.0 | (7.8 to 12.7) |
| Spain | 1032 | 11.8 | (10.0 to 13.9) | 13.5 | (11.1 to 16.2) | 8.6 | (6.1 to 12.1) |
| Denmark | 1221 | 12.4 | (10.7 to 14.4) | 12.9 | (10.4 to 15.8) | 12.0 | (9.7 to 14.8) |
| France | 1212 | 14.3 | (12.4 to 16.4) | 15.4 | (12.8 to 18.3) | 12.9 | (10.4 to 16.0) |
| Belgium | 1201 | 15.6 | (13.6 to 17.7) | 15.4 | (12.9 to 18.3) | 15.8 | (12.9 to 19.3) |
| Austria | 1236 | 16.0 | (14.1 to 18.2) | 20.4 | (17.3 to 23.8) | 12.1 | (9.8 to 14.8) |
| Sweden | 1323 | 17.0 | (15.0 to 19.1) | 14.9 | (12.3 to 17.9) | 18.8 | (16.1 to 21.9) |
| Luxembourg | 425 | 17.4 | (14.1 to 21.3) | 21.4 | (16.8 to 26.7) | 11.1 | (7.1 to 16.9) |
| Germany | 1265 | 18.3 | (16.3 to 20.5) | 21.1 | (18.2 to 24.4) | 15.0 | (12.3 to 18.2) |
| Netherlands | 1367 | 20.3 | (18.3 to 22.6) | 21.8 | (18.9 to 25.1) | 18.9 | (16.2 to 22.0) |
| Finland | 1153 | 24.0 | (21.6 to 26.6) | 22.0 | (18.7 to 25.7) | 25.7 | (22.4 to 29.3) |
| Total | 16257 | 14.5 | (13.9 to 15.0) | 15.5 | (14.7 to 16.3) | 13.3 | (12.6 to 14.1) |
