Table 1.

Diagnosis-specific sick leave days of social workers for four health insurance funds stratified by gender, 2015.

Source: data provided by Wissenschaftliches Institut der AOK (WIdO), BARMER GEK, BKK Dachverband e. V., Techniker Krankenkasse; presentation by the author

Diagnosis (ICD-10 chapter)	Fund 1a		Fund 2b		Fund 3		Fund 4b
	Daysc	%	Days	%	Days	%	Days	%
Women
Musculoskeletal	391	15.5	245	14.4	230	15.5	219	12.8
Mental	424	16.9	431	25.4	316	21.3	396	23.1
Respiratory	397	15.8	318	18.7	304	20.5	318	18.6
Circulatory	112	4.5	42	2.5	43	2.9	36	2.1
Digestive	114	4.5	79	4.6	61	4.1	72	4.2
Injury	166	6.6	144	8.5	108	7.3	124	7.2
Others	909	36.2	440	25.9	420	28.3	546	31.9
Men
Musculoskeletal	262	13.2	163	13.2	189	16.1	163	12.1
Mental	347	17.4	319	25.9	224	19.1	307	22.8
Respiratory	321	16.1	231	18.8	257	21.9	268	19.9
Circulatory	132	6.6	57	4.6	48	4.1	56	4.1
Digestive	112	5.6	70	5.7	72	6.2	73	5.4
Injury	172	8.6	119	9.7	107	9.2	140	10.4
Others	644	32.4	273	22.2	275	23.5	339	25.2

^aData of fund 1 include multiple diagnoses

^bRates of fund 2 and 4 are age-standardised to the standard population of employed persons in Germany 2010 (Statistisches Bundesamt 2011)

^cSick leave days per 100 insured person-years