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Table 5 Cumulative incidence (%) of sickness absence with different psychiatric diagnostic groups in 1994,1996,1998 and 2000 (Age-adjusted data).

From: Increase in sickness absence with psychiatric diagnosis in Norway: a general population-based epidemiologic study of age, gender and regional distribution

NORWAY

Year

No. of sickness insured

Psychoses (95% CI)

Anxiety disorders (95% CI)

Neurotic conditions (95% CI)

Depression (95% CI)

Personality disorders (95% CI)

Alcohol and drug disorders (95% CI)

Women

1994

922,684

0.05 (0.05–0.05)

0.19 (0.19–0.19)

0.27 (0.27–0.27)

1.21 (1.19–1.23)

0.01 (0.01–0.01)

0.02 (0.02–0.02)

 

1996

966,782

0.07 (0.07–0.07)

0.21 (0.21–0.21)

0.45 (0.45–0.45)

1.74 (1.72–1.77)

0.01 (0.01–0.01)

0.02 (0.02–0.02)

 

1998

1,014,628

0.08 (0.08–0.08)

0.31 (0.30–0.31)

0.76 (0.76–0.76)

2.45 (2.42–2.48)

0.02 (0.02–0.02)

0.02 (0.02–0.02)

 

2000

1,063,423

0.10 (0.10–0.10)

0.35 (0.34–0.35)

1.11 (1.09–1.13)

3.01 (3.00–3.04)

0.01 (0.01–0.02)

0.02 (0.02–0.03)

Increase

  

+0.05

+0.16

+0.84

+1.8

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0

Men

1994

1,089,991

0.05 (0.04–0.05)

0.10 (0.10–0.10)

0.13 (0.13–0.13)

0.47 (0.47–0.47)

0.01 (0.01–0.01)

0.06 (0.06–0.06)

 

1996

1,134,437

0.05 (0.05–0.05)

0.11 (0.11–0.11)

0.21 (0.21–0.21)

0.69 (0.69–0.69)

0.01 (0.01–0.01)

0.07 (0.07–0.07)

 

1998

1,181,174

0.07 (0.07–0.07)

0.17 (0.17–0.17)

0.35 (0.35–0.35)

1.01 (1.01–1.03)

0.01 (0.01–0.01)

0.08 (0.08–0.08)

 

2000

1,219,338

0.09 (0.09–0.09)

0.20 (0.19–0.20)

0.54 (0.54–0.54)

1.31 (1.29–1.33)

0.01 (0.01–0.01)

0.09 (0.09–0.09)

Increase

  

+0.04

+0.10

+0.41

+0.84

0

+0.03