Chapter 3 - Health
                 
Table 3.20 Number of working days lost per year due to sickness of civilian personnel1, by ICD
                        Code and industrial/non-industrial marker
The source data used in this table is from the MOD's HRMS civilian administration database. The Trading Funds each have separate administration systems which have been augmented into one data source.
Working days (thousands)
    Year ending 31 December2
    2005   2006   2007   2008
 
Non-industrial total
548.4   486.8   471.7 || 423.7
 
ICD category3
             
IPO
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
33.9   41.0   41.1 || 38.6
NGB
Neoplasms
13.6   14.4   14.7 || 13.0
PSD
Mental and behavioural disorders
106.8   104.2   99.6 || 81.3
NSS
Diseases of the nervous system
16.0   17.3   16.9 || 15.3
CIR
Diseases of the circulatory system
21.6   16.9   18.3 || 17.2
DRS
Diseases of the respiratory system
85.2   63.6   64.0 || 61.7
DDS
Diseases of the digestive system
35.8   37.4   35.4 || 33.8
ACI
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
37.1   36.2   37.1 || 33.2
BFO
Diseases of the blood forming organs and certain disorders
2.4   4.2   2.7 || 2.9
DEM
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
5.7   5.3   4.6 || 4.6
DEY
Diseases of the eye and adnexa
4.6   5.0   4.6 || 3.8
DGY
Diseases of the genito-urinary system
15.0   17.8   16.4 || 14.6
EMN
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
3.5   3.5   3.4 || 2.4
MSD
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
66.6   62.0   64.1 || 60.3
OPP
Factors influencing health status and contact with health service
44.9   32.6   31.1 || 27.2
PCP
Pregnancy, childbirth and the peurperium
6.0   7.4   6.7 || 5.2
SCO
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
4.0   3.9   3.4 || 2.8
SID
Cause of absence not yet known
45.6   14.1   7.5 || 5.5
                 
  Industrial total 186.4   172.8   154.8 || 133.0
Source: DASA (Equipment & Personnel Analysis)
Sickness rates4: number of days divided by the average strength (FTE) for that period.
    Year ending 31 December2,5
    2005   2006   2007   2008
 
Non-industrial total
8.55   8.04   8.22 || 7.91
 
Industrial total
12.54   12.14   11.85 || 11.26
 
Trading Funds
..   ..   ..   6.12
Source: DASA (Equipment & Personnel Analysis)
1. This excludes Royal Fleet Auxiliary and locally engaged personnel. The uppermost table on working days lost also excludes Trading Funds personnel.
2. A break in series occurs because from 31st March 2008 strength figures exclude personnel classified as being on zero pay for any reason and sickness
    absence figures exclude absences where a person is classed as being on zero pay.
3. International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Version 10.
4. 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.
5. Trading Funds data is based on Sickness Absence since 1st April 2008.