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. 2021 Apr 9;21:697. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10703-1

Table 2.

Number and percentages of women having different categories of number of sickness absence (SA) or disability pension (DP) net days per year, for the five studied years

SA/DP/ diagnoses Categories of number of SA/DP days/year Y−2
n (%)
Y−1
n (%)
Y+ 1
n (%)
Y+ 2
n (%)
Y+ 3
n (%)
3522 (100) 3534 (100) 3536 (100) 3492 (100) 3191 (100)
SAa
 All 0 3115 (88.4) 3134 (88.7) 978 (27.7) 2282 (65.3) 2401 (75.2)
> 0–30 198 (5.6) 206 (5.8) 485 (13.7) 422 (12.1) 324 (10.2)
> 30–90 98 (2.8) 105 (3.0) 440 (12.4) 297 (8.5) 165 (5.2)
> 90–180 55 (1.6) 50 (1.4) 366 (10.4) 213 (6.1) 133 (4.2)
> 180 56 (1.6) 39 (1.1) 1267 (35.8) 278 (8.0) 168 (5.3)
 Cancerb 0 3509 (99.6) 3506 (99.2) 1165 (32.9) 2610 (74.7) 2801 (87.8)
> 0–30 ≤8 19 (0.5) 486 (13.7) 306 (8.8) 124 (3.9)
> 30–90 ≤8 ≤8 408 (11.5) 224 (6.4) 89 (2.8)
> 90–180 ≤8 ≤8 337 (9.5) 151 (4.3) 75 (2.4)
> 180 ≤8 ≤8 1140 (32.2) 201 (5.8) 102 (3.2)
 Mentalc 0 3423 (97.2) 3435 (97.2) 3430 (97.0) 3354 (96.0) 3074 (96.3)
> 0–30 42 (1.2) 48 (1.4) 25 (0.7) 44 (1.3) 50 (1.6)
> 30–90 22 (0.6) 30 (0.8) 22 (0.6) 43 (1.2) 21 (0.7)
> 90–180 16 (0.5) 11 (0.3) 15 (0.4) 19 (0.5) 21 (0.7)
> 180 19 (0.5) 10 (0.3) 44 (1.2) 32 (0.9) 25 (0.8)
 Otherd 0 3219 (91.4) 3246 (91.9) 3331 (94.2) 3208 (91.9) 2848 (89.3)
> 0–30 158 (4.5) 153 (4.3) 85 (2.4) 151 (4.3) 205 (6.4)
> 30–90 74 (2.1) 73 (2.1) 29 (0.8) 62 (1.8) 63 (2.0)
> 90–180 37 (1.1) 36 (1.0) 16 (0.5) 30 (0.9) 35 (1.1)
> 180 34 (1.0) 26 (0.7) 75 (2.1) 41 (1.2) 40 (1.3)
DP
 All > 0 613 (17.4) 619 (17.5) 606 (17.1) 553 (15.8) 492 (15.4)
 Cancer > 0 ≤8 ≤8 12 (0.3) 13 (0.4) 21 (0.7)
 Mental > 0 171 (4.9) 170 (4.8) 160 (4.5) 148 (4.2) 135 (4.2)
 Otherb > 0 445 (12.6) 449 (12.7) 436 (12.3) 393 (11.3) 338 (10.6)
No SA/DP 0 2578 (73.2) 2579 (73.0) 543 (15.4) 1812 (51.9) 1990 (62.4)
Not includede 14 ≤8 0 44 345
Reasons for not being included the specific year
  > 65 years of age 248
 Death ≤65 year of age 43 91
 Not living in Sweden and ≤ 65 years 14 ≤8 ≤8 ≤8

Included in the table were all women in Sweden < 65 years with a first breast cancer diagnosis in 2010 (N = 3536), during the 2 years before and 3 years after the breast cancer diagnosis date, presented for all SA/DP as well as by three categories of SA/DP diagnoses. Also, the number of women not included in the respective year are presented by reason for not being included

a The first 14 days of SA spells are excluded

b ICD-codes: C00-D48, Z80, Z85, N61-N63

c ICD-codes: F00-F99, Z73

d In the group” Other diagnoses”, also SA/DP with missing information on diagnosis were included

e Women who turned 65, died, or emigrated were included up to and including the year of the event