Table 5 Description of sick leave among individuals with at least one sick-leave day due to otoaudiological diagnoses in 2005, stratified by sex and age
From: Sickness absence due to otoaudiological diagnoses; a descriptive nationwide study
Otoaudiological diagnoses | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | Otological | Hearing | Vertigo | Tinnitus | |
Women | |||||
No. of individuals | 2781 | 792 | 654 | 909 | 447 |
Prevalent sick-leave spells all diagnoses/individual | |||||
Mean/median | 1.2/1.0 | 1.3/1.0 | 1.2/1.0 | 1.3/1.0 | 1.2/1.0 |
Range | 1-7 | 1-7 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 1-5 |
No. of sick-leave days all diagnoses/individual | 122.5/59.0 | 49.5/14.0 | 182.3/151.0 | 109.8/47.0 | 192.0/163.0 |
Mean/median | |||||
No. of individuals with sick-leave spells of different durations | |||||
1-27 | 1090 | 563 | 95 | 377 | 56 |
28-180 | 816 | 105 | 265 | 284 | 175 |
181-364 | 394 | 32 | 158 | 108 | 103 |
365 | 366 | 33 | 128 | 98 | 107 |
No. of DP 2005 | 307 | 17 | 149 | 62 | 81 |
Men | |||||
No. of individuals | 1987 | 534 | 358 | 567 | 536 |
Prevalent sick-leave spells all diagnoses/individual | |||||
Mean/median | 1.2/1.0 | 1.2/1.0 | 1.3/1.0 | 1.2/1.0 | 1.2/1.0 |
Range | 1-11 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 1-11 | 1-5 |
No. of sick-leave days all diagnoses/individual | |||||
Mean/median | 122.7/59.0 | 38.4/14.0 | 171.4/151.0 | 104.0/42.0 | 195.3/181.0 |
No. of individuals with sick-leave spells of different durations | |||||
1-27 | 776 | 405 | 63 | 241 | 68 |
28-180 | 570 | 77 | 124 | 182 | 190 |
181-364 | 334 | 17 | 104 | 62 | 155 |
365 | 244 | 9 | 57 | 63 | 115 |
No. of DP 2005 | 239 | 8 | 72 | 33 | 126 |
Age <50 yearsa | |||||
No. of individuals | 2125 | 783 | 306 | 705 | 340 |
Prevalent sick-leave spells all diagnoses/individual | |||||
Mean/median | 1.2/1.0 | 1.3/1.0 | 1.2/1.0 | 1.3/1.0 | 1.2/1.0 |
Range | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 1-5 | 1-5 |
No. of sick-leave days all diagnoses/individual | |||||
Mean/median | 96.7/31.0 | 40.2/13.0 | 154.6/120.0 | 96.3/35.0 | 177.5/150.0 |
No. of individuals with sick-leave spells of different durations | |||||
1-27 | 1048 | 593 | 78 | 326 | 52 |
28-180 | 530 | 94 | 107 | 207 | 126 |
181-364 | 236 | 25 | 68 | 67 | 80 |
365 | 208 | 19 | 47 | 69 | 73 |
No. of DP 2005 | 125 | 9 | 47 | 29 | 40 |
Age ≥50 yearsa | |||||
No. of individuals | 2643 | 543 | 706 | 771 | 643 |
Prevalent sick-leave spells all diagnoses/individual | |||||
Mean/median | 1.2/1.0 | 1.3/1.0 | 1.2/1.0 | 1.2/1.0 | 1.2/1.0 |
Range | 1-11 | 1-7 | 1-6 | 1-11 | 1-5 |
No. of sick-leave days all diagnoses/individual | |||||
Mean/median | 143.3/90.0 | 52.0/15.0 | 188.8/167.0 | 117.8/57.0 | 202.4/194.0 |
No. of individuals with sick-leave spells of different durations | |||||
1-27 | 818 | 375 | 80 | 292 | 72 |
28-180 | 856 | 88 | 282 | 259 | 239 |
181-364 | 492 | 24 | 194 | 103 | 178 |
365 | 402 | 23 | 138 | 92 | 149 |
No. of DP 2005 | 421 | 16 | 174 | 66 | 167 |