Table 1.
Distributions of the study population in 2006 (n=1 727 644), prevalence and length of SA beginning in 2005 and proportion of participants experiencing a DR in 2007–2014
| Men | Women | |||||||
| Distribution (%) | SA in 2005 (%) | SA days in 2005* (median) | New DR in 2007–2014 (%) | Distribution (%) | SA in 2005 (%) | SA days in 20 05* (median) | New DR in 2007–2014 (%) | |
| Occupational class | ||||||||
| Upper non-manual | 19.6 | 5.3 | 31 | 2.6 | 18.3 | 7.2 | 31 | 3.3 |
| Lower non-manual | 17.7 | 8.1 | 32 | 4.3 | 41.4 | 11.9 | 33 | 6.5 |
| Manual worker | 35.0 | 12.2 | 34 | 8.1 | 17.7 | 13.8 | 35 | 10.6 |
| Self-employed | 12.2 | 7.0 | 42 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 40 | 7.3 |
| Outside employment | 15.5 | 8.1 | 60 | 13.2 | 15.7 | 9.0 | 50 | 10.3 |
| Age, years | ||||||||
| 25–34 | 25.9 | 5.9 | 33 | 2.4 | 25.0 | 7.1 | 33 | 2.4 |
| 35–44 | 27.9 | 8.5 | 34 | 4.2 | 27.6 | 10.0 | 33 | 4.5 |
| 45–54 | 28.3 | 10.6 | 37 | 11.6 | 28.9 | 12.7 | 35 | 11.7 |
| 55–62 | 17.9 | 11.0 | 40 | 11.0 | 18.5 | 13.5 | 37 | 11.0 |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Never married | 35.6 | 7.3 | 36 | 6.1 | 27.6 | 8.3 | 33 | 5.7 |
| Married | 52.2 | 9.3 | 35 | 6.5 | 55.5 | 11.0 | 34 | 7.1 |
| Other | 12.3 | 11.6 | 40 | 12.1 | 16.9 | 14.6 | 36 | 11.5 |
| Level of urbanisation | ||||||||
| Urban | 57.5 | 8.3 | 35 | 6.3 | 59.3 | 10.2 | 34 | 6.8 |
| Densely populated | 16.0 | 9.5 | 36 | 7.7 | 15.6 | 11.2 | 35 | 7.7 |
| Rural | 26.5 | 9.6 | 36 | 8.2 | 25.1 | 11.4 | 36 | 8.2 |
| No. of SA days in 2005: all | ||||||||
| 0 | 91.1 | 0 | 6.1 | 87.5 | 0 | 5.9 | ||
| 1–30 | 3.7 | 19 | 12.0 | 5.4 | 19 | 13.0 | ||
| 31–60 | 2.3 | 42 | 15.8 | 3.5 | 42 | 15.8 | ||
| 61–180 | 2.1 | 90 | 21.3 | 2.7 | 88 | 22.2 | ||
| >180 | 0.7 | 296 | 30.7 | 0.9 | 284 | 32.6 | ||
| No. of SA days in 2005: MSD** | ||||||||
| 0 | 97.1 | 0 | 6.7 | 97.3 | 0 | 6.7 | ||
| 1–30 | 1.3 | 19 | 15.3 | 1.8 | 19 | 17.9 | ||
| 31–60 | 0.7 | 43 | 19.1 | 1.0 | 44 | 20.5 | ||
| 61–180 | 0.7 | 90 | 22.2 | 0.9 | 91 | 24.8 | ||
| >180 | 0.2 | 297 | 30.8 | 0.2 | 294 | 34.7 | ||
| No. of SA days in 2005: mental† | ||||||||
| 0 | 98.9 | 0 | 6.9 | 97.3 | 0 | 7.0 | ||
| 1–30 | 0.4 | 19 | 14.2 | 1.0 | 20 | 14.0 | ||
| 31–60 | 0.3 | 43 | 19.4 | 0.6 | 43 | 18.0 | ||
| 61–180 | 0.3 | 93 | 27.3 | 0.5 | 93 | 24.4 | ||
| >180 | 0.2 | 319 | 33.3 | 0.2 | 303.5 | 32.9 | ||
| No. of SA days in 2005: other‡ | ||||||||
| 0 | 95.0 | 0 | 6.7 | 93.7 | 0 | 6.9 | ||
| 1–30 | 2.3 | 20 | 11.0 | 3.1 | 20 | 11.6 | ||
| 31–60 | 1.3 | 42 | 13.7 | 1.9 | 41 | 13.1 | ||
| 61–180 | 1.0 | 89 | 18.0 | 1.1 | 85 | 17.5 | ||
| >180 | 0.3 | 289 | 28.9 | 0.3 | 265 | 28.5 | ||
| All | 100 | 8.9 | 36 | 7.0 | 100 | 12.5 | 35 | 7.3 |
| N | 867 585 | 76 817 | 60 932 | 860 059 | 107 475 | 62 804 | ||
*Those with new SA spell that started in 2005.
** Musculoskeletal diseases
†Mental and behavioural disorders.
‡Other diagnoses.
DR, disability retirement; SA, sickness absence.