Sickness absence rates in the UK 2013, by gender

This statistic shows the sickness absence rates in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2003 to 2013 as a percentage of all working hours, by gender. Overall during these 11 years, the percentage of hours lost due to sickness absence for both men, and women fell. From 2003 to 2013, men lost consistently less hours due to sickness than women did.

Sickness absence rates in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2003 to 2013, by gender* (percentage of all working hours)

Characteristic	Male	Female
2013	1.6%	2.6%
2012	1.7%	2.7%
2011	1.7%	2.6%
2010	1.8%	2.8%
2009	1.9%	3%
2008	2%	3.1%
2007	2.1%	3.2%
2006	2.2%	2.9%
2005	2.2%	3.1%
2004	2.3%	3.3%
2003	2.5%	3.4%

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Release date

February 2014

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2003 to 2013

Age group

16 years and older

Supplementary notes

*The sickness absence rate is the percentage of working hours that are lost due to sickness absences for men and women.
**The sickness absence rate by gender is calculated for all people in employment aged 16 and over.
***Quarterly datasets were used to generate annual averages.

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