Table 1.

Diagnoses for all medically–certified sickness absence spells >7 days (1990–1992) and all-cause mortality 1993–2007 for 5271 women (2969 cases with ≥1 spell of sickness absence) and 13964 men (4908 cases with ≥1 spell of sickness absence) from the GAZEL cohort study, aged 37 to 51 in 1990 and in employment 1^st January 1990–31^st December 1992

ICD-9 diagnostic categories	Women (N=5271)		Men (N=13,964)
	Cases†		Cases†
	N	% of all cases	N	% of all cases
Infectious and parasitic diseases	65	1.23	95	1.32
Neoplasm	285	5.37	147	2.04
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases	73	1.38	88	1.22
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs	29	0.55	4	0.06
Mental disorders	733	13.82	540	7.51
Diseases of nervous system	42	0.79	57	0.79
Diseases of sense organs	88	1.66	155	2.15
Diseases of the circulatory system	249	4.70	488	6.78
Diseases of the respiratory system	565	10.65	742	10.31
Diseases of the digestive system	282	5.32	540	7.51
Diseases of the genitourinary system	419	7.90	223	3.10
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue	45	0.85	79	1.10
Diseases of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue	652	12.29	1254	17.43
External causes	394	7.43	1159	16.11
Other	369	6.96	267	3.71
Diagnosis missing	1013	19.10	1357	18.86
(No absence spell >7 days)	(2302)		(9056)

^†A case is a participant who has had at least one spell of absence >7 days for that diagnosis during the three-year exposure window. S/he may appear in more than one diagnostic category