Table 2 Unadjusted risk of Absenteeism for those with and without co-morbid psychological distress compared to the reference group that had neither the indexed health condition nor co-morbid psychological distress, using negative binomial logistic regression; reporting Incidence Rate Ratios (IRR)

64888

3.5

1.40** (1.32-1.49)

0.2

2.24** (1.73-2.92)

65788

6.3

1.22** (1.17-1.28)

0.3

1.75** (1.43-2.14)

70579

29.6

1.22** (1.19-1.25)

1.5

2.02** (1.85-2.21)

74514

3.1

1.27** (1.20-1.35)

0.14

2.36** (1.81-3.08)

71750

0.4

1.51** (1.27-1.79)

0.03

2.80* (1.55-4.92)

74002

0.8

1.17* (1.03-1.32)

0.06

2.14* (1.39-3.29)

72227

3.0

1.74** (1.30-2.32)

0.5

2.24** (1.47-3.44)

73853

2.0

1.18** (1.10-1.27)

0.12

1.60* (1.18-2.16)

74630

0.6

1.48** (1.29-1.69)

0.10

2.08** (1.51-2.87)

71009

8.1

1.14** (1.10-1.19)

0.3

1.82** (1.52-2.18)

68637

5.7

1.10** (1.05-1.16)

0.2

1.87** (1.50-2.32)

70881

9.1

1.22** (1.17-1.26)

0.7

1.94** (1.71-2.20)

71849

11.0

1.22** (1.18-1.27)

0.7

2.04** (1.79-2.32)

75031

7.0

1.43** (1.37-1.49)

0.5

2.66** (2.29-3.09)