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Table 2 Proportions of persons with long-term sickness absence by diagnostic cause and occupational class a

From: Occupational class differences in diagnostic-specific sickness absence: a register-based study in the Finnish population, 2005–2014

 

Women, 25–64 years

p for trenda

Men, 25–64 years

p for trenda

 

2005

2008

2011

2014

 

2005

2008

2011

2014

 
 

Any cause

    

Upper non-manual

11.3

10.9

10.4

9.6

<0.0001

7.0

6.7

6.2

5.8

<0.0001

Lower non-manual

17.0

16.7

16.5

15.5

<0.0001

10.2

10.0

9.8

9.0

<0.0001

Manual workers

21.4

20.3

19.5

18.0

<0.0001

16.3

15.4

14.4

13.2

<0.0001

All

16.7

16.1

15.6

14.5

<0.0001

12.3

11.7

10.9

10.0

<0.0001

 

Musculoskeletal

     

Upper non-manual

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.1

<0.0001

1.5

1.7

1.5

1.4

<0.0001

Lower non-manual

5.8

5.9

5.8

5.3

<0.0001

3.0

3.1

3.1

2.7

<0.0001

Manual workers

9.9

9.5

9.3

8.3

<0.0001

7.1

6.8

6.2

5.5

<0.0001

All

6.0

5.9

5.6

5.0

<0.0001

4.6

4.5

4.1

3.6

<0.0001

 

Mental

    

Upper non-manual

2.9

2.8

2.4

2.3

<0.0001

1.4

1.4

1.1

1.0

<0.0001

Lower non-manual

3.5

3.5

3.2

3.1

<0.0001

1.8

1.9

1.6

1.5

<0.0001

Manual workers

3.3

3.2

2.7

2.6

<0.0001

1.7

1.6

1.3

1.2

<0.0001

All

3.3

3.3

2.9

2.8

<0.0001

1.6

1.6

1.3

1.2

<0.0001

 

Injuries

    

Upper non-manual

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

<0.0001

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

0.3685

Lower non-manual

1.8

1.9

1.9

1.9

<0.0001

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

0.1881

Manual workers

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.2

0.4498

3.3

3.1

3.0

2.8

<0.0001

All

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

<0.0001

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.1

<0.0001

 

Neoplasms

    

Upper non-manual

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.3528

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.0123

Lower non-manual

1.0

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9813

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.3342

Manual workers

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.0060

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.6487

All

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.9

0.0946

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.0767

 

Nervous system

    

Upper non-manual

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.6188

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.1677

Lower non-manual

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.0013

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.0335

Manual workers

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.1

<0.0001

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.0044

All

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.7

<0.0001

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.4

<0.0001

 

Cardiovascular

    

Upper non-manual

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.3

<0.0001

0.7

0.6

0.5

0.5

<0.0001

Lower non-manual

0.9

0.7

0.6

0.5

<0.0001

0.8

0.7

0.6

0.5

<0.0001

Manual workers

1.1

0.9

0.7

0.7

<0.0001

1.1

1.0

0.9

0.8

<0.0001

All

0.9

0.7

0.6

0.5

<0.0001

0.9

0.8

0.7

0.6

<0.0001

 

Respiratory

    

Upper non-manual

0.8

0.8

1.1

0.8

0.1524

0.5

0.4

0.5

0.4

<0.0001

Lower non-manual

1.1

1.0

1.4

1.0

0.1071

0.7

0.6

0.7

0.5

0.0301

Manual workers

1.2

1.0

1.2

0.9

<0.0001

0.9

0.8

0.9

0.6

<0.0001

All

1.1

1.0

1.2

0.9

0.1951

0.7

0.6

0.7

0.5

<0.0001

 

Digestive system

    

Upper non-manual

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.0004

0.7

0.6

0.5

0.5

<0.0001

Lower non-manual

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.0458

0.8

0.7

0.7

0.7

<0.0001

Manual workers

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.6

<0.0001

1.1

0.9

0.9

0.9

<0.0001

All

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.6

<0.0001

0.9

0.8

0.8

0.7

<0.0001

 

Other diagnoses

    

Upper non-manual

2.4

2.1

2.0

1.8

<0.0001

0.8

0.7

0.7

0.6

<0.0001

Lower non-manual

3.1

2.9

2.8

2.7

<0.0001

1.1

1.0

0.9

0.9

<0.0001

Manual workers

3.1

2.8

2.6

2.5

<0.0001

1.6

1.5

1.3

1.2

<0.0001

All

2.9

2.7

2.6

2.4

<0.0001

1.3

1.1

1.0

0.9

<0.0001

  1. a Unadjusted
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