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. 2019 Oct 31;9(10):e025967. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025967

Table 3.

The prevalence of work disability (WD) risk factors, problems with occupational well-being (OWB) and obesity and characteristics of the distribution of the number of sickness absence (SA) days by gender, occupational group (OG) and age

OG Gender Age Subjects, N WD risks (%) Problems with OWB (%) Obesity (BMI >30) (%) Days on sickness absence
One Two or more % with zero SA Median Upper quartile Mean of all values Mean of non-zero values
BC Female ≤30 701 19 13 25 13 29 5 13.0 12.7 17.9
30–40 829 20 14 25 17 24 5 15.0 13.8 18.1
40–50 1020 22 10 20 21 31 4 13.0 13.7 19.9
50–60 1067 21 17 22 19 28 5 16.0 15.1 21.1
>60 289 34 22 21 16 40 2 12.0 12.1 20.5
All 3906 22 14 23 18 29 4 15 13.8 19.5
Male ≤30 475 12 4 16 12 34 3 9 8.5 12.8
30–40 702 16 6 19 20 29 3.5 10 9.7 13.6
40–50 684 16 7 16 20 35 3 11 11.6 17.9
50–60 659 20 12 17 24 38 2 11 11.5 18.7
>60 177 25 13 11 24 53 0 8 9.9 21.1
All 2697 17 8 17 20 35 3 10 10.4 16.1
All 6603 28 12 20 19 32 4 12 12.4 18.2
C Female ≤30 577 15 6 16 5 45 2 6 6.5 11.7
30–40 1543 19 8 17 13 40 2 8 7.5 12.6
40–50 2036 19 9 19 18 44 2 7 7.9 14.0
50–60 2482 19 13 19 19 48 1 7 8.0 15.5
>60 696 23 17 15 20 54 0 5 7.7 16.9
All 7334 19 11 18 16 46 1 7 7.7 14.2
Male ≤30 391 8 2 6 8 67 0 2.5 3.8 11.5
30–40 1143 11 4 14 14 60 0 3 3.7 9.2
40–50 1179 13 6 13 18 65 0 3 4.4 12.3
50–60 1347 14 9 12 19 67 0 3 5.3 15.9
>60 495 17 8 10 16 72 0 2 5.3 19.2
All 4555 13 6 12 16 65 0 3 4.5 13.0
All 11 889 17 9 16 16 53 0 5 6.5 13.8
P/M Female ≤30 60 20 0 10 10 58 0 3 3.8 9.1
30–40 349 13 7 13 9 54 0 4 5.0 10.8
40–50 485 18 6 13 12 56 0 4 4.5 10.1
50–60 414 19 8 14 18 53 0 5 6.0 12.8
>60 139 23 12 15 17 61 0 4 6.5 16.8
All 1447 18 7 13 13 55 0 4 5.2 11.6
Male ≤30 79 6 3 10 5 66 0 2.5 2.5 7.4
30–40 457 11 3 11 10 64 0 2 2.4 6.8
40–50 543 10 2 8 14 71 0 2 3.4 11.7
50–60 464 11 4 9 18 70 0 2 3.8 12.8
>60 126 13 6 9 17 70 0 2 3.8 12.7
All 1669 11 3 9 14 68 0 2 3.2 10.3
All 3116 14 5 11 14 62 0 3 4.1 11.0
All Female 12 687 20 11 19 17 42 2 9 9.3 15.9
Male 8921 14 6 13 17 57 0 5 6.1 14.0
All 21 608 17 9 16 17 48 1 7 8.0 15.3

BC, blue collar; BMI, body mass index; C, clerical; P/M, professional/manager.