Table 2 Diagnosis- and sex-specific sickness absence risk (%) among the study participants

No sickness absence

62 209 (78.9)

26 837 (69.6)

35 372 (87.7)

All-cause absence

16 671 (21.1)

11 706 (30.4)

4965 (12.3)

Musculoskeletal (ICPC L)^a

5064 (6.4)

2798 (7.3)

2266 (5.6)

Psychiatric (ICPC P)^a

3653 (4.6)

2429 (6.3)

1224 (3.0)

Pregnancy-related (ICPC W)^a

3861 (4.9)

3859 (10.0)

2 (0.0)

Absence but no diagnosis

389 (0.5)

269 (0.7)

120 (0.3)

Other than pregnancy-related^a

8092 (21.0)