Table I.
Characteristics of patients sick certified or not sick certified in Örebro County primary healthcare.
| Sick certified |
Not sick certified |
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| n | mean or % | n | mean or % | p | |
| n | 116 | 358 | |||
| Age, years (SD) | 42.7 (11.2) | 41.0 (11.8) | n.s. | ||
| Women, % | 76 | 65.5 | 229 | 64.0 | n.s. |
| Swedish speaking, % | 109 | 94.0 | 341 | 95.3 | n.s. |
| Educational level, % | n.s. | ||||
| Low | 41 | 35.3 | 93 | 26.3 | |
| Medium | 57 | 49.1 | 177 | 50.0 | |
| High | 18 | 15.5 | 84 | 23.7 | |
| Employment status, % | n.s. | ||||
| Permanently employed | 82 | 70.7 | 244 | 68.2 | |
| Temporarily employed | 18 | 15.5 | 49 | 13.7 | |
| Self-employed | 7 | 6.0 | 21 | 5.9 | |
| Unemployed | 8 | 6.9 | 30 | 8.4 | |
| Home worker | 1 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.3 | |
| On parental leave | 1 | 0.9 | 14 | 3.9 | |
| Working full time, % | 83 | 74.1 | 254 | 73.0 | n.s. |
| Largest diagnosis groups | |||||
| Infectious diseases1 | 37 | 30.2 | 136 | 38.0 | n.s. |
| Musculoskeletal diseases1 | 50 | 43.1 | 87 | 24.4 | 0.001 |
Note: 1One person was reported for both infectious and musculoskeletal diseases and is described as both in this table.