Table 1.
Median (95% confidence interval) national values of selected indicators per each country for the period 1989–2013 based on health for all database (HFA-DB) source.
| Country (1989–2013) | HFA-DB absenteeism from work due to illness, days per employee per year | HFA-DB people receiving social/disability benefits per 100,000 | HFA-DB% of disabled people of working age engaged in regular occupational activity | HFA-DB disability-adjusted life expectancy (World Health Report) | HFA-DB new invalidity/disability cases per 100,000 | HFA-DB hospital discharges, all neoplasms per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 12.4 (11.7–12.6) | 4,646.4 (4,441.1–4,925.3) | – | 70.0 (67.1–72.6) | 322.5 (267.9–333.0) | 2,572.8 (2,397.5–2,673.2) |
| Belgium | 7.2 (7.0–7.4) | 2,096.0 (2,088.0–2,405.6) | – | 71.0 (67.0–72.7) | – | 1,243.6 (1,223.7–1,263.3) |
| Czech Republic | 21.1 (18.2–21.3) | 5,065.1 (4,812.5–5,200.1) | 22.4 (15.7–24.6) | 69.0 (64.2–71.4) | 436.4 (385.8–450.2) | 1,905.9 (1,751.3–1,920.8) |
| Denmark | 8.3 (8.1–8.6) | 3,295.3 (3,307.4–3,683.8) | – | 70.0 (66.6–72.1) | – | 1,886.6 (1,874.1–2,027.0) |
| Estonia | 9.3 (8.8–9.9) | 6,794.3 (5,306.4–7,595.7) | 22.4 (19.2–26.1) | 67.0 (58.3–72.2) | 1,257.5 (912.3–1,664.5) | 1,136.8 (930.9–1,168.5) |
| Finland | 7.8 (7.6–8.2) | 5,401.0 (5,425.1–5,845.9) | 3.9 (3.8–4.1) | 71.0 (67.1–73.1) | 538.2 (508.3–585.1) | 2,209.9 (2,067.5–2,317.8) |
| France | – | 441.4 (421.8–451.8) | – | 72.0 (67.8–74.1) | – | 2,035.7 (1,993.1–2,103.4) |
| Germany | 16.4 (15.3–17.0) | 8,116.2 (7,794.8–8,612.6) | 4.2 (4.0–4.2) | 71.0 (67.2–73.4) | 218.3 (224.3–279.1) | 2,296.4 (2,176.9–2,348.4) |
| Greece | – | 748.7 (691.1–1,010.1) | – | 71.0 (67.4–73.4) | – | 1,444.8 (1,368.0–1,638.3) |
| Hungary | 14.9 (13.2–17.3) | 6,547.3 (5,641.6–6,551.9) | 9.5 (8.2–9.5) | 65.0 (60.0–67.9) | 420.0 (364.8–481.0) | 2,421.8 (1,925.4–2,495.7) |
| Ireland | – | 3,545.1 (3,245.7–3,592.1) | 31.2 | 71.0 (65.3–74.5) | 147.5 (128.4–408.3) | 822.1 (814.1–838.8) |
| Israel | 4.1 (3.9–4.4) | 3,066.6 (2,822.2–3,248.3) | 13.5 (11.2–15.5) | 72.0 (66.8–75.3) | 328.3 (312.0–343.1) | 785.2 (732.5–810.3) |
| Italy | – | 2,181.1 (2,056.0–2,633.4) | 16.3 (15.0–16.6) | 73.0 (68.3–75.6) | 860.1 (728.5–902.1) | 1,397.2 (1,360.7–1,480.8) |
| Luxembourg | 9.9 (9.2–10.3) | 3,090.6 (2,435.1–3,746.1) | – | 71.0 (66.5–74.6) | – | 1,732.6 (1,659.5–1,969.9) |
| Netherlands | 12.0 (11.9–13.9) | 5,655.3 (5,291.3–5,735.3) | 33.5 (31.2–36.5) | 71.0 (67.2–73.7) | – | 947.0 (927.6–977.6) |
| Norway | 17.3 (17.0–18.1) | 6,103.5 (5,802.6–6,151.2) | 43.1 (35.7–46.3) | 71.0 (66.4–73.1) | 631.5 (593.6–668.6) | 1,756.4 (1,706.3–1,773.5) |
| Poland | 12.3 (8.2–12.0) | 8,776.8 (7,908.6–9,176.2) | 20.8 (19.5–21.5) | 67.0 (62.7–69.6) | 157.2 (139.0–229.0) | 1,147.5 (1,127.4–1,668.3) |
| Portugal | 13.0 (10.8–14.7) | 3,421.1 | – | 71.0 (65.1–74.3) | – | 780.2 (733.9–882.7) |
| Slovak Republic | 30.9 (26.2–37.0) | 5,167.6 (4,433.0–5,042.5) | 24.1 (9.6–25.6) | 67.0 (62.0–69.5) | 329.9 (311.6–383.5) | 1,571.7 (1,490.5–1,632.2) |
| Slovenia | 13.8 (13.0–14.4) | – | 1.0 (0.8–1.2) | 69.0 (63.4–73.0) | 380.5 (339.4–387.3) | 1,652.2 (1,503.5–1,678.3) |
| Spain | 12.9 (7.4–17.7) | 497.6 (472.7–525.8) | 27.2 (24.7–28.4) | 73.0 (68.5–75.9) | 364.0 (321.6–416.9) | 882.3 (792.1–884.3) |
| Sweden | 20.0 (18.5–22.5) | 4,763.5 (4,652.8–5,232.8) | 44.0 | 72.0 (68.6–73.5) | 530.5 (415.7–575.3) | 1,654.1 (1,562.4–1,770.3) |
| Switzerland | – | 2,847.5 (2,512.5–2,925.1) | 41.7 | 72.0 (68.4–74.6) | 305.3 (249.5–307.8) | 1,113.2 (1,074.2–1,197.5) |
| Turkey | 3.4 (2.6–4.0) | 9,956.7 (9,191.4–10,781.9) | 21.7 | 65.0 (56.9–70.4) | – | 351.1 (308.0–491.9) |
| United Kingdom | 1.1 (1.0–1.2) | – | – | 70.0 (66.5–72.9) | – | 995.5 (966.9–1,015.8) |
| Kruskal–Wallis test | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 | p < 0.001 |