Chapter 3 - Health

             
Table 3.12 Number of working days lost per year due to sickness of civilian personnel1, by ICD                         Code and industrial/non-industrial marker
working days (thousands)
    Year ending 31 December Year ending
31 March
    2005 2006   2007 2007/08
 
Non-industrial total
548.4 486.8   471.7 453.0
ICD category2
         
IPO
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
33.9 41.0   41.1 39.9
NGB
Neoplasms
13.6 14.4   14.7 14.7
PSD
Mental and behavioural disorders
106.8 104.2   99.6 97.7
NSS
Diseases of the nervous system
16.0 17.3   16.9 16.9
CIR
Diseases of the circulatory system
21.6 16.9   18.3 18.2
DRS
Diseases of the respiratory system
85.2 63.6   64.0 56.9
DDS
Diseases of the digestive system
35.8 37.4   35.4 34.8
ACI
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
37.1 36.2   37.1 36.2
BFO
Diseases of the blood forming organs and certain disorders
2.4 4.2   2.7 2.7
DEM
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
5.7 5.3   4.6 4.7
DEY
Diseases of the eye and adnexa
4.6 5.0   4.6 4.7
DGY
Diseases of the genito-urinary system
15.0 17.8   16.4 15.6
EMN
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
3.5 3.5   3.4 3.5
MSD
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
66.6 62.0   64.1 62.1
OPP
Factors influencing health status and contact with health service
44.9 32.6   31.1 29.5
PCP
Pregnancy, childbirth and the peurperium
6.0 7.4   6.7 6.7
SCO
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
4.0 3.9   3.4 3.4
SID
Cause of absence not yet known
45.6 14.1   7.5 4.7
             
 
Industrial total
186.4 172.8 r 154.8 147.5
Source: DASA (Quad-Service)
  Sickness rates3 - number of days divided by the average strength (FTE) for that period.
    Year ending 31 December Year ending
31 March
    2005 2006   2007 2007/08
 
Non-industrial total
8.55 8.04   8.22 8.01
 
Industrial total
12.54 12.14 r 11.85 11.54
Source: DASA (Quad-Service)
1. This excludes Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Trading Fund and locally engaged personnel.
2. International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Version 10.
3. Rates are based on absence days and are FTE working days lost. For example, if a part-time employee working 50% of full-time hours is sick for 7 calendar     days, this is 5 x 50% = 2.5 FTE working days lost.