Table 2 Distribution of socio-demographics, categorised sick leave and number of spells in total sick leave and spell patterns
| Â | Total sick leave | Spell patterns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | 0-14Â days | >14Â days | 0-2 short spells | 3-9 short spells | 2-13 mixed spells | 1-3 long spells |
| Â | n (%) / mean (sd) | n (%) | ||||
|  | N = 1,909 | N = 625 | N = 1,378 | N = 490 | N = 515 | N = 151 |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  = < 40 years | 332 (72) | 130 (28) | 213 (46) | 118 (26) | 102 (22) | 29 (6) |
  >40 years | 1,577 (76) | 495 (24) | 1,165 (56) | 372 (18) | 413 (20) | 122 (6) |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Female | 1,825 (75) | 608 (25) | 1,315 (54) | 470 (19) | 500 (21) | 148 (6) |
  Male | 84 (83) | 17 (17) | 63 (62) | 20 (20) | 15 (15) | 3 (3) |
Occupation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Administration | 50 (83) | 10 (17) | 44 (73) | 6 (10) | 6 (10) | 4 (7) |
  Manager | 177 (87) | 26 (13) | 160 (79) | 16 (8) | 17 (8) | 10 (5) |
 Therapist/nurse | 360 (82) | 81 (18) | 274 (62) | 69 (16) | 73 (17) | 25 (6) |
 Home care | 1,216 (72) | 471(28) | 814 (48) | 382 (23) | 391 (23) | 100 (6) |
  Non-care | 106 (74) | 37 (26) | 86 (60) | 17 (12) | 28 (20) | 12 (8) |
Categorised sick leave | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  0 days |  |  | 536 (100) | Not available | Not available | Not available |
  1–14 days |  |  | 842 (61) | 435 (32) | 64 (5) | 32 (2) |
  15–56 days |  |  | Not available | 55 (13) | 327 (78) | 40 (10) |
  More than 57 days |  |  | Not available | 0 (0) | 124 (61) | 79 (39) |
Total number of spells | 1.58 (1.5) | 3.63 (1.9) | Â | Â | Â | Â |