Table 1

Distribution of cases of sickness absence due to influenza and influenza+influenza-related illness, 2007–2009 and 2010 (January–March) in Catalonia

	Epidemic period (1 January 2007–30 September 2009)				Pandemic period (1 October 2009–31 March 2010)
	Influenza		Influenza+influenza-related illness		Influenza		Influenza+influenza-related illness
	Cases	%	Cases	%	Cases	%	Cases	%
Age at onset of absence episode (years)
<25	13 756	12.8	108 938	16.7	6295	12.5	20 487	12.8
25–34	37 439	34.9	235 194	36.1	16 935	33.7	55 109	34.5
35–44	29 133	27.2	165 115	25.3	15 368	30.6	45 499	28.5
45–54	18 716	17.5	95 198	14.6	8682	17.3	26 680	16.7
55–64	8039	7.5	46 754	7.2	2890	5.8	11 574	7.3
>64	144	0.1	1141	0.2	50	0.1	251	0.2
Economic activity sector
Commercial/vehicle repair	16 026	14.9	102 173	15.7	8221	16.4	26 194	16.4
Construction	7895	7.4	48 410	7.4	3386	6.7	10 152	6.4
Domestic housekeeping	207	0.2	993	0.2	323	0.6	877	0.5
Extraterritorial agencies	54	0.1	462	0.1	4	0.0	17	0.0
Finance, real estate and services	14 318	13.4	92 165	14.1	7038	14.0	23 481	14.7
Government	9169	8.6	54 218	8.3	3029	6.0	10 577	6.6
Health, education and other social activities	8542	8.0	53 398	8.2	11 767	23.4	36 631	23.0
Hotel and restaurant businesses	3062	2.9	20 431	3.1	1878	3.7	5722	3.6
Manufacturing industry and energy production	20 051	18.7	115 773	17.7	7562	15.1	23 569	14.8
Agriculture, mining, fishing	946	0.9	4948	0.8	331	0.7	973	0.6
Transportation/communication	5386	5.0	33 247	5.1	3504	7.0	11 140	7.0
Not known	21 571	20.1	126 122	19.3	3177	6.3	10 267	6.4
Gender
Female	49 466	46.1	323 269	49.6	26 039	51.8	86 564	54.2
Male	57 761	53.9	329 071	50.4	24 181	48.2	73 036	45.8
Total	107 227	100.0	652 340	100.0	50 220	100.0	159 600	100.0