Sjukskrivningsdiagnoser i olika yrken - Försäkringskassan

Summary
This Social Insurance report shows that the number of started sicknessabsence
periods per 1 000 employees varies between different occupations.
Women employed as plant and machine operators and assemblers have
more than twice as many started sickness-absence periods than women
employed as managers. Also, men working in elementary occupations have
four times as many started sickness-absence periods per 1 000 employees
than men working in the military and three times as many as men working
as managers.
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Also, the cause of sickness absence varies between employees in different
occupations. For example, there are more employees that are sickness absent
due to musculoskeletal illnesses and injuries among plant and machine
operators and assemblers and craft and related trade workers than among
managers and professionals.
Back pain is among the most common disorders causing sickness-absence in
2009. Occupations such as sales and services elementary occupations,
different types of machine operators and assemblers and motor-vehicle
drivers started numerous sickness absence periods per 1 000 employees due
to back pain. Also, depressive episodes and reaction to severe stress and
adjustment disorders are amongst the most common disorders causing
sickness absence. Occupations such as religious professionals, psychologists
and social work associate professionals started many sickness absence
periods per 1 000 employees due to these disorders.
The results can be explained by occupational differences in work-related
exposures, as well as differences in adjustment latitude at work when ones
work ability is impaired. Selection mechanisms could also play a role, i.e.
people with inferior health and work ability are referred to occupations with
lower education requirements.