Sickness absence and disability pension among women with breast cancer: a population-based cohort study from Sweden

Table 3 Number and percentages of women with a new sickness absence (SA) spell (> 14 days)

Days relative to T₀	Number (% of all women, column %)^a	Cancer^c (row%)	Mental (row%)	Other diagnoses (row%)
No new SA spell before T₀ to end of follow-up^c,	536 (17.8)	–	–	–
14 days before T₀ to 29 days after T₀	1535 (50.9)	95	3	2
30–59 days after T₀	599 (19.9)	96	1	3
60–89 days after T₀	152 (5.0)	93	3	4
90–119 days after T₀	78 (2.6)	92	1	6
120–179 days after T₀	48 (1.6)	90	0	10
180–364 days after T₀	19 (0.6)	68	0	32
365–729 days after T₀	21 (0.7)	57	14	29
≥730 days after T₀	27 (0.9)	18	15	67

The included individuals were 3015 women < 65 years related to date of a first breast cancer diagnosis in 2010 (T0), during the following 3 years; all SA and diagnosis-specific SA (cancer, mental, or others)
^a Women already (nearly) full-time (75–100%) SA or disability pension (DP) at T₀ were not included
^b ICD-codes: C00-D48, Z80, Z85, N61-N63
^c Nine of these women were granted DP during follow-up

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