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. 2020 Aug 26;15(8):e0237794. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237794

Table 2. Incidence rates of sickness absence in female workers by age group, according to diagnostic group, contract, occupational category, and country of origin, Catalonia 2012–2014.

Early-Reproductive Middle-Reproductive Late-Reproductive
SA Spells Person-years at risk IR* 95% CI SA Spells Person-years at risk IR* 95% CI SA Spells Person-years at risk IR* 95% CI
(n) (%) MD (n) (%) MD (n) (%) MD
Diagnostic Group (ICD10)  
    Infectious (A00-B99) 2,195 13.6 35,784 6.25 5.99–6.51 2 1,611 11.1 40,022 4.09 3.89–4.29 3 838 8.5 28,419 3.00 2.80–3.20 3
    Neoplasms (C00-D49) 170 1.1 35,784 0.48 0.41–0.55 15 371 2.6 40,022 0.94 0.85–1.04 19 339 3.4 28,419 1.21 1.08–1.34 24.5
    Hematological (D50-D89) 36 0.2 35,784 0.10 0.07–0.14 19 49 0.3 40,022 0.12 0.09–0.16 16 25 0.3 28,419 0.09 0.05–0.12 20
    Metabolic (E00-E89) 65 0.4 35,784 0.19 0.14–0.23 10 79 0.5 40,022 0.20 0.16–0.24 19 57 0.6 28,419 0.20 0.15–0.26 25
    Mental (F01-F99) 1,062 6.6 35,784 3.02 2.84–3.21 18 1,132 7.8 40,022 2.87 2.71–3.04 17 851 8.6 28,419 3.04 2.84–3.25 22
    Nervous system (G00-G99) 274 1.7 35,784 0.78 0.69–0.87 2 340 2.3 40,022 0.86 0.77–0.95 4 290 2.9 28,419 1.04 0.92–1.16 5
    Ocular (H00-H59) 166 1.0 35,784 0.47 0.40–0.54 5 139 1.0 40,022 0.35 0.29–0.41 5 164 1.7 28,419 0.59 0.50–0.68 11
    Aural (H60-H95) 171 1.1 35,784 0.49 0.41–0.56 4 241 1.7 40,022 0.61 0.53–0.69 5 174 1.8 28,419 0.62 0.53–0.72 5
    Cardiovascular (I00-I99) 112 0.7 35,784 0.32 0.26–0.38 16.5 302 2.1 40,022 0.77 0.68–0.85 17 233 2.4 28,419 0.83 0.73–0.94 17
    Respiratory (J00-J99) 3,360 20.9 35,784 9.57 9.25–9.89 3 3,078 21.1 40,022 7.81 7.53–8.09 4 2,014 20.4 28,419 7.21 6.90–7.53 5
    Digestive (K00-K95) 837 5.2 35,784 2.38 2.22–2.55 3 736 5.1 40,022 1.87 1.73–2.00 4 556 5.6 28,419 1.99 1.83–2.16 5
    Skin (L00-L99) 145 0.9 35,784 0.41 0.35–0.48 7 146 1.0 40,022 0.37 0.31–0.43 11 106 1.1 28,419 0.38 0.31–0.45 9
    Musculoskeletal (M00-M99) 3,075 19.1 35,784 8.75 8.45–9.07 15 2,631 18.1 40,022 6.68 6.42–6.93 11 2,147 21.8 28,419 7.69 7.36–8.01 13
    Genitourinary (N00-N99) 692 4.3 35,784 1.97 1.82–2.12 6 772 5.3 40,022 1.96 1.82–2.10 6 373 3.8 28,419 1.34 1.20–1.47 8
    Obstetric (O00-O9A) 1,120 7.0 35,784 3.19 3.00–3.28 20 623 4.3 40,022 1.58 1.46–1.71 17 12 0.1 28,419 0.04 0.02–0.07 23
    Congenital (Q00-Q99) 16 0.1 35,784 0.05 0.02–0.07 15 19 0.1 40,022 0.05 0.02–0.07 33.5 11 0.1 28,419 0.04 0.02–0.06 52
    Other (R00-R99) 1,588 9.9 35,784 4.52 4.30–4.74 3 1,290 8.9 40,022 3.27 3.10–3.45 4 786 8.0 28,419 2.81 2.62–3.01 5
    Accidents (S00-T88) 820 5.1 35,784 2.34 2.18–2.50 14 801 5.5 40,022 2.03 1.89–2.17 15 705 7.2 28,419 2.52 2.34–2.71 19
    External causes (V00-Y99) 142 0.9 35,784 0.40 0.34–0.47 12 167 1.2 40,022 0.42 0.36–0.49 14 142 1.4 28,419 0.51 0.42–0.59 25
    Health services (Z00-Z99) 47 0.3 35,784 0.13 0.10–0.17 14 47 0.3 40,022 0.12 0.09–0.15 14 29 0.3 28,419 0.10 0.07–0.14 23
Contract
    Permanent 11,321 73.9 26,130 44.19 43.37–45.00 5 11,080 80.3 32,458 34.67 34.03–35.32 6 7,849 86.1 24,243 32.96 32.23–33.69 7
    Temporary 3,994 26.1 8,046 50.64 49.08–52.22 4 2,726 19.7 6,376 43.53 41.90–45.17 5 1,272 13.9 3,565 36.32 34.33–38.32 7
Occupational category
    Skilled non-manual 3,277 21.4 8,284 40.25 38.88–41.63 5 3,131 22.7 9,328 34.07 32.88–35.27 5 1,712 18.8 5,752 30.19 28.76–31.62 6
    Unskilled non-manual 8,730 57.0 17,131 52.07 50.97–53.16 4 6,991 50.6 18,646 38.11 37.22–39.01 5 4,371 47.9 12,087 36.85 35.76–37.94 7
    Skilled manual 2,088 13.6 4,770 44.76 42.84–46.68 6 2,107 15.3 5,361 40.02 38.31–41.72 6 1,546 16.9 4,124 38.29 36.38–40.20 8
    Unskilled manual 1,220 8.0 2,563 48.69 45.96–51.42 5 1,577 11.4 3,800 42.34 40.25–44.43 7 1,492 16.4 4,126 37.00 35.12–38.88 9
Country of Origin
    Spain and EU-28 13,354 87.2 28,935 47.10 46.30–47.90 5 12,144 88.0 33,846 36.46 35.81–37.11 5 8,176 89.6 25,091 28.83 28.21–29.46 7
    Other 1,719 11.2 6,074 28.68 27.33–30.04 6 1,498 10.9 5,606 27.06 25.69–28.43 7 832 9.1 3,017 27.98 26.08–29.88 7
Overall 15,315 100 35,784 43.62 42.92–44.31 5 13,806 100 40,022 35.03 34.45–35.62 5 9,121 100 28,419 32.65 32.01–33.35 7

IR: incidence rate, 95% CI: 95% confidence interval, MD: median duration of SA in days.

*per 100 person-years.