Table 1.

Average number of short work absences per targeted woman with a first child during the epidemic and non-epidemic seasons

Year	Women in target period	Epidemic period (January–May)					Non-epidemic period (June–December)
		Cumulative days absent	Per woman	95% CI+	95% CI−	Per month	Cumulative days absent	Per woman	95% CI+	95% CI−	Per month
2003	56
2004	57	98	1.750	2.252	1.247	0.350	76	1.357	1.764	0.950	0.194
2005	62	97	1.702	2.234	1.168	0.340	27	0.474	0.742	0.204	0.068
2006	66	98	1.581	2.048	1.113	0.316	58	0.935	1.309	0.561	0.134
2007	80	109	1.652	2.116	1.186	0.330	54	0.818	1.151	0.485	0.117
2008	65	148	1.850	2.285	1.414	0.370	67	0.838	1.136	0.538	0.120
2009	62	65	1.000	1.346	0.653	0.200	39	0.600	0.900	0.299	0.086
2010	96	63	1.016	1.354	0.677	0.203	66	1.065	1.484	0.644	0.152
2011	114	64	0.667	0.907	0.426	0.133	68	0.708	1.049	0.491	0.101
2012		98	0.860	1.113	0.588	0.172	84	0.737	0.972	0.501	0.105