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Table 2 Incidence density and total duration of sickness absences according to main ICD-10 diagnostic categories (chapters)

From: Sickness absence among municipal workers in a Brazilian municipality: a secondary data analysis

Sickness absence diagnosis (ICD-10 codes)

N (%)

ID (CI 95%)

Total SA duration (%)

Injury and poisoning

3156 (21.2)

49.1 (46.8–51.5)

78,083 (24.1)

Musculoskeletal disorders

2027 (13.6)

31.3 (29.4–33.4)

45,011 (13.9)

Mental health and behavioural disorders

1832 (12.3)

29.2 (26.9–31.6)

56,480 (17.5)

Infectious and parasitic diseases

1069 (7.2)

16.4 (15.3–17.5)

9506 (2.9)

Diseases of the circulatory system

861 (5.8)

13.1 (12.1–14.1)

20,445 (6.3)

Diseases of the genitourinary system

857 (5.7)

13.1 (12.1–14.3)

7253 (2.2)

Diseases of the respiratory system

833 (5.6)

13.0 (12.0–14.1)

13,331 (4.1)

Disease of the digestive system

773 (5.2)

11.9 (11.0–12.9)

12,519 (3.9)

Disease of the eye and adnexa

667 (4.5)

10.3 (9.4–11.2)

6823 (2.1)

Neoplasms

504 (3.4)

7.7 (6.9–8.8)

23,134 (7.1)

  1. Goiania municipality, Brazil; 2005–2011
  2. ID incidence density: number of episodes of sickness absence in each ICD-10 groups/1000 person-years at risk
  3. CI confidence intervals
  4. SA sickness absence