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

Table 3. Incidence rates of sickness absence in female workers by age group, according to disease, Catalonia 2012–2014.

Early-Reproductive Middle-Reproductive Late-Reproductive
SA Spells IR* 95% CI SA Spells IR* 95% CI SA Spells IR* 95% CI
Disease (ICD10) (n) (%) (n) (%) (n) (%)
Infectious (A00-B99) 2,195 13.6 6.25 5.99–6.51 1,611 11.1 4.09 3.89–4.29 838 8.5 3.00 2.80–3.20
    Viral Intestinal Infection (A08-A08.8) 151 6.9 0.43 0.36–0.50 126 7.8 0.32 0.26–0.38 56 6.7 0.20 0.15–0.25
    Gastroenteritis & Colitis (A09) 851 38.7 2.42 2.26–2.59 634 39.4 2.16 1.48–1.73 298 35.6 1.07 0.95–1.19
    Unlocalized Viral Infection (B34-B34.9) 261 11.9 0.74 0.65–0.83 252 15.6 0.64 0.56–0.72 149 17.8 0.53 0.45–0.62
Neoplasms (C00-D49) 170 1.1 0.48 0.41–0.55 371 2.6 0.94 0.85–1.04 339 3.4 1.21 1.08–1.34
    Malignant Breast Cancer (C50-C50.929) 8 4.7 0.02 0.01–0.04 25 6.7 0.06 0.03–0.09 39 11.5 0.14 0.09–0.18
    Lipoma (D17-D17.9) 3 1.8 0.01 <0.01–0.02 7 1.9 0.02 <0.01–0.03 15 4.42 0.05 0.03–0.08
    Uterine Fibroid (D25-D25.9) 28 16.5 0.08 0.05–0.11 71 19.1 0.18 0.14–0.22 37 10.9 0.13 0.09–0.18
    Benign Ovarian Cancer (D27-D27.9) 11 6.47 0.03 0.01–0.05 19 5.12 0.05 0.02–0.07 7 2.1 0.03 0.01–0.04
Musculoskeletal (M00-M99) 3,075 19.1 8.75 8.45–9.07 2,631 18.1 6.68 6.42–6.93 2,147 21.8 7.69 7.36–8.01
    Neck Pain (M54.2) 258 8.4 0.73 0.65–0.82 201 7.6 0.51 0.44–0.58 158 7.4 0.57 0.48–0.65
    Low Back Pain (M54.3-M54.5) 1,027 33.4 2.92 2.75–3.10 740 28.1 1.88 1.74–2.01 409 19.0 1.46 1.32–1.61
Obstetric (O00-O9A) 1,120 7.0 3.19 3.00–3.28 623 4.3 1.58 1.46–1.71 12 0.1 0.04 0.02–0.07
    Retained Products of Conception (O02.0) 46 4.1 0.13 0.09–0.17 34 5.5 0.09 0.06–0.12 0 0 0
    Spontaneous Abortion (O03-O03.9) 45 4.0 0.13 0.09–0.17 67 10.8 0.17 0.13–0.21 0 0 0
    Early Pregnancy Hemorrhage (O20-O20.9) 94 8.4 0.27 0.21–0.32 58 9.3 0.15 0.11–0.19 2 16.7 0.01 <0.01–0.02
    Vomiting During Pregnancy (O21-O21.9) 88 7.9 0.25 0.20–0.30 28 4.5 0.07 0.05–0.11 0 0 0
    Antepartum Hemorrhage (O46-O46.9) 43 3.8 0.12 0.09–0.16 31 5.0 0.08 0.04–0.10 0 0 0
Other (R00-R99) 1,588 9.9 4.52 4.30–4.74 1,290 8.9 3.27 3.10–3.45 786 8.0 2.81 2.62–3.01
    Abdominal & Pelvic Pain (R10-R10.9) 195 12.3 0.56 0.48–0.63 139 10.8 0.35 0.29–0.41 68 8.7 0.24 0.19–0.30
    Nausea & Vomiting (R11-R11.2) 195 12.3 0.56 0.48–0.63 107 8.3 0.27 0.22–0.32 60 7.6 0.21 0.16–0.27
    Dizziness (R42) 109 6.9 0.31 0.25–0.37 118 9.1 0.30 0.25–0.35 74 9.4 0.26 0.20–0.33
    Unspecified Fever (R50.9) 107 6.7 0.30 0.25–0.36 77 6.0 0.20 0.15–0.24 55 7.0 0.20 0.14–0.25
    Headache (R51) 50 3.1 0.14 0.10–0.18 56 4.3 0.14 0.10–0.18 26 3.3 0.09 0.06–0.13
    Fatigue (R53-R53.83) 97 6.1 0.28 0.22–0.33 57 4.4 0.14 0.11–0.18 59 7.5 0.21 0.15–0.25

IR: incidence rate, 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.

* per 100 person-years.