Sickness allowance: Duration of new payment 2019–
Data content
Sickness allowance is paid on the basis of incapacity for work due to illness.
A period of sickness allowance or partial sickness allowance is considered to have commenced when a person after the waiting period (the day of falling ill and the 9 following working days) starts receiving sickness allowance. A person may during the year have several new periods of sickness allowance or partial sickness allowance.
The data of the statistics include persons who during the statistical reference year have received the first payment of a period of sickness allowance or partial sickness allowance.
Perspectives
- Comparison by region
- Time series
- Diagnosis
Variables and classifications
The following variables and classifications are only shown when diagnosis is the selected perspective:
- Time: Year
The default selection is the latest year. Only one statistical reference period can be selected for the report. - Geographical focus: Whole country, Hospital districts, Hospital districts and municipalities, Regions, Regions and municipalities, Wellbeing services counties, Wellbeing services counties and municipalities, Municipalities
- Region: The content presented depends on the selected regional level.
One or several regions can be selected for a single report. - Benefit category: All, Sickness allowance, Partial sickness allowance
- Sex: Males, Females
- Age group: 16–19 years, 20–24 years, 25–29 years, …, 55–59 years, 60–64 years, 65–67 years
- Main disease category and diagnosis: ICD–10 Classification of Diseases
- Level of diagnostic classification: Main disease category , Main disease category and diagnosis, Main disease category and diagnostic category, Diagnosis
- Diagnosis: ICD-10 Classification of Diseases
Indicators
- New payments
Number of new payments of sickness allowance or partial sickness allowance. - Average duration of payment (weekdays)
The duration of a payment is stated as the average duration of sickness allowance payments per period. The duration is calculated by dividing the reimbursed days of the new payments of sickness allowance during the statistical reference year by the number of these payments. The duration of the payments includes the number of reimbursed days of sickness allowance at the end of the payment. Sickness allowance can be paid for a maximum of 300 days, so the statistics are compiled after the end of the year that follows the starting year. The average duration of partial sickness allowance payments is calculated in the same way. Partial sickness allowance can be paid for a maximum of 120 working days. - Duration of payment (weekdays)
1–30, 31–60, 61–90, 91–
Availability of statistics
From 2019.
Updating frequency
The data for the year preceding the previous year are updated annually in January.
Data source
Kela Statistical registers (total material) produced from the sickness allowance benefits system.
Additional information
Contact information
Kela, Statistical Information Service
Email: tilastot@kela.fi
