Table 2.
Type of retirement and main medical cause of early retirement by background characteristics one year before retirement
| Statutory retirement |
Early retirement due to mental causes |
Early retirement due to physical causes |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | |
| Sex | |||
| men | 1695 (24) | 278 (22) | 750 (28) |
| women | 5443 (76) | 960 (78) | 1893 (72) |
| Age at retirement (years) | |||
| ≤ 60 | 3185 (45) | 1157 (93) | 2212 (84) |
| > 60 | 3953 (55) | 81 (7) | 431 (16) |
| Socioeconomic status | |||
| upper grade non-manual | 2610 (37) | 323 (26) | 372 (14) |
| lower grade non-manual | 2799 (39) | 569 (46) | 993 (38) |
| manual | 1728 (24) | 346 (28) | 1278 (48) |
| Employer | |||
| Town | 5095 (71) | 960 (78) | 2093 (79) |
| Hospital district | 2043 (29) | 278 (22) | 550 (21) |
| Area of residence | |||
| Southern Finland | 4888 (68) | 807 (65) | 1741 (66) |
| Middle Finland | 1248 (17) | 179 (14) | 354 (13) |
| Northern Finland | 1002 (14) | 252 (20) | 548 (21) |
| Presence of chronic disease | |||
| None | 5477 (77) | 925 (75) | 1684 (64) |
| At least 1 | 1661 (23) | 313 (25) | 959 (36) |
| Long-term sickness absence | |||
| None | 5368 (75) | 109 (9) | 388 (15) |
| At least 1 | 1770 (25) | 1129 (91) | 2255 (85) |