Table 1 Descriptive statistics. Mean, median and standard deviation of number of days from first day of work disability to day of granted disability pension
N | Mean | Median | Std.dev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 2.533 | 763 | 579 | 556 |
Unemployed in follow-up period | 854 | 875 | 669 | 671 |
Not Unemployed in follow-up period | 1679 | 706 | 549 | 477 |
Chronic illness: 0 | 1194 | 759 | 579.5 | 537 |
1 | 482 | 748 | 548.5 | 591 |
2 or more | 857 | 775 | 608 | 562 |
Self-rated health: Fair/poor | 375 | 768 | 550 | 617 |
Very good/good | 1777 | 762 | 580 | 545 |
Depressed: Never/rarely/sometimes | 1.189 | 818 | 579 | 639 |
Often/Almost all the time | 945 | 762 | 579 | 555 |
Headache: Never/rarely/Once or several times per month | 1837 | 763 | 579 | 763 |
Once or several times per week/Daily | 264 | 761 | 607 | 518 |
Pain neck/shoulder: Never/rarely/Once or several times per month | 1493 | 748 | 578 | 551 |
Once or several times per week/Daily | 589 | 783 | 608 | 562 |
Smoking: Non-smoker | 581 | 742 | 578 | 521 |
Former smoker | 608 | 744 | 577 | 535 |
Smoker | 1343 | 780 | 607 | 579 |
Alcohol: Non-drinker | 838 | 740 | 578 | 533 |
Up to 1–2 times per month | 1012 | 761 | 563.5 | 563 |
More than once a week/daily | 99 | 856 | 639 | 636 |
Education: Low level | 971 | 773 | 607 | 548 |
Medium level | 1287 | 756 | 579 | 563 |
High level | 261 | 755 | 577 | 552 |
Municipality size: Under 7,500 inhabitants | 1055 | 792 | 610 | 592 |
Between 7,500 and 15,000 inhabitants | 615 | 790 | 579 | 590 |
Over 15,000 inhabitants | 863 | 708 | 549 | 477 |
Musculoskeletal | 1002 | 774 | 611 | 518 |
Psychiatric | 261 | 847 | 669 | 577 |
Diagnosis: “Other” | 700 | 751 | 563.5 | 561 |