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Table 1 Characteristic of the study population. LTSA diagnostic groups in 2005 and DR in 2007–2014

From: From long-term sickness absence to disability retirement: diagnostic and occupational class differences within the working-age Finnish population

 

Men

Women

Distr. (%)

LTSA in 2005 (%)

New DR in 2007–2014 (%)

Distr. (%)

LTSA in 2005 (%)

New DR in 2007–2014 (%)

Occupational class

Upper non-manual employees

23.2

5.3

2.6

21.7

9.2

3.3

Lower non-manual employees

22.0

8.1

4.3

49.1

13.6

6.5

Manual workers

41.4

12.2

8.1

21.0

16.9

10.6

Self-employed

14.5

7.0

7.1

8.2

9.3

7.3

Age

25–34

25.1

5.9

1.6

23.6

8.7

1.9

35–44

28.8

8.5

3.1

28.2

11.7

3.7

45–54

29.0

10.7

9.9

30.3

15.1

10.7

55–62

17.2

11.5

10.2

18.0

17.0

11.2

Marital status

Single

32.7

7.4

4.3

26.4

9.8

4.1

Marrieda

56.0

9.3

6.1

57.5

13.1

7.0

Otherb

11.3

12.0

9.7

16.1

17.6

10.2

Level of urbanization

Urban

56.5

8.5

5.2

58.7

12.6

6.2

Densely populated

16.5

9.5

6.6

15.9

13.4

7.2

Rural

26.9

9.7

6.9

25.4

13.7

7.6

Diagnostic group of

Any LTSA

9.0

100.0

15.2

13.0

100.0

16.4

LTSA in 2005 c

Musculoskeletal diseases

3.3

100.0

18.7

4.5

100.0

21.5

Mental disorders

1.0

100.0

18.5

2.3

100.0

18.4

Respiratory diseases

0.5

100.0

13.3

0.8

100.0

16.7

Circulatory diseases

0.6

100.0

18.8

0.7

100.0

15.6

Total (%)

 

100.0

9.0

5.9

100.0

13.0

6.7

N

 

733,452

66,022

43,222

724,836

94,066

48,851

  1. LTSA Long-term sickness absence. DR Disability retirement
  2. aIncluding registered partnerships
  3. bIncluding separated, divorced, widowed (from marriage or registered partnership) and those with missing information
  4. cCan sum up to over 100% as the same persons can have more than one LTSA spell