Bavarians took less sick leave than the national average - these professions were affected more often

Created: 01/15/2022, 06:05

According to the report, the national average in 2020 was 18 sick days per employee.

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In the 2020 pandemic year, Bavarians took less sick leave than the national average.

Find out here which occupational groups were particularly vulnerable.

In the 2020 pandemic year, Bavarians took less sick leave than the national average - but according to the Barmer health insurance company, there are

that were particularly susceptible.

Employees in

(30.5 days), in

(27.4 days) and in

(23.9 and 26.6 days respectively) had the

University teachers in Bavaria were the least likely to leave work for health reasons – they were only on sick leave for an average of 4.4 days.

Current Barmer health report

This emerges from the current Barmer Health Report, which was available to the German Press Agency in advance.

It is based on the data of around 3.8 million Barmer policyholders

and is therefore considered to be representative.

For Bavaria, the data of 545,000 employed persons aged 15 to 65 were evaluated.

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Sick days per employee on average in 2020

According to the report, the

.

In Bavaria, the number fell by two percent to 16.3 days - only

and

recorded even less.

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More than two-thirds of absenteeism can be traced back to just four types of

: Around 22 percent to diseases of the musculoskeletal system, almost 21 percent to mental disorders, almost 12 percent to injuries and a good 13 percent to respiratory diseases.

The latter are also the most common cause of

to work , while the longest sick leave*, averaging 51 days, is due to mental disorders.

It is more often women who are absent due to

, while men are more likely to be due to

.