Table 1-7
Absence rates for full-time employees — by sex, province and region, 20111
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Incidence | Inactivity rate | Days lost per worker in year | |||||||
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Total | Illness or disability | Personal or family responsibilities | Total | Illness or disability | Personal or family responsibilities | Total | Illness or disability | Personal or family responsibilities | |
percent | days | ||||||||
Province and region | |||||||||
Both sexes | |||||||||
Atlantic provinces | 8.7 | 6.3 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 1.7 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 7.6 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 10.2 | 8.5 | 1.8 |
Prince Edward Island | 8.4 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 9.9 | 8.3 | 1.5 |
Nova Scotia | 9.1 | 6.6 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 10.8 | 9.0 | 1.8 |
New Brunswick | 8.9 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 1.7 |
Quebec | 8.8 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 1.5 |
Ontario | 7.7 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 8.3 | 6.6 | 1.7 |
Prairie provinces | 8.0 | 5.8 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 8.8 | 7.0 | 1.8 |
Manitoba | 9.1 | 6.5 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 10.2 | 8.2 | 1.9 |
Saskatchewan | 9.5 | 6.6 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 11.0 | 8.8 | 2.2 |
Alberta | 7.3 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 7.9 | 6.3 | 1.6 |
British Columbia | 7.7 | 5.9 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 9.9 | 8.3 | 1.6 |
Males | |||||||||
Atlantic provinces | 7.1 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 8.5 | 7.1 | 1.4 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 6.2 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 1.5 |
Prince Edward Island | 6.8 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 1.1 |
Nova Scotia | 7.6 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 1.5 |
New Brunswick | 7.2 | 5.4 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 8.3 | 7.2 | 1.1 |
Quebec | 7.4 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 1.2 |
Ontario | 6.6 | 4.6 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 1.4 |
Prairie provinces | 6.8 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 1.5 |
Manitoba | 7.9 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 8.9 | 7.2 | 1.7 |
Saskatchewan | 7.9 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 8.9 | 7.1 | 1.8 |
Alberta | 6.2 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 1.4 |
British Columbia | 6.8 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 1.4 |
Females | |||||||||
Atlantic provinces | 10.5 | 7.7 | 2.8 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 13.3 | 11.0 | 2.2 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 9.3 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 12.5 | 10.4 | 2.1 |
Prince Edward Island | 10.1 | 7.4 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 12.8 | 10.8 | 2.0 |
Nova Scotia | 10.8 | 7.9 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 13.2 | 10.9 | 2.3 |
New Brunswick | 11.0 | 8.2 | 2.8 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 14.0 | 11.7 | 2.3 |
Quebec | 10.6 | 7.8 | 2.8 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 13.2 | 11.3 | 1.9 |
Ontario | 9.1 | 6.5 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 10.2 | 8.2 | 2.0 |
Prairie provinces | 9.8 | 7.1 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 11.2 | 9.0 | 2.2 |
Manitoba | 10.7 | 7.6 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 11.9 | 9.6 | 2.3 |
Saskatchewan | 11.6 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 13.9 | 11.1 | 2.8 |
Alberta | 9.1 | 6.6 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 10.3 | 8.3 | 2.0 |
British Columbia | 8.9 | 6.9 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 11.4 | 9.5 | 1.9 |
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Excluding maternity leave. However, men using paid paternity (in Quebec only) and parental leave are included in the calculation until 2006.
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