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Kiel (dpa / lno) - The sickness rate of employees in Schleswig-Holstein fell slightly in the past year.
As the health insurance company Barmer announced on Tuesday on the basis of the sickness reports of their insured persons, it was 4.96 percent after 5.08 percent in 2019. Nationwide, the sick leave fell from 4.99 percent (2019) to 4.92 percent (2020) .
Insured persons must send a certificate of incapacity to work to their health insurance company if they are absent for more than three days.
People in Schleswig-Holstein were sick less often in 2020, but longer than in the previous year.
Last year, Schleswig-Holsteiners missed an average of 18.1 days - the average for 2019 was 18.5 days.
The average duration of illness, however, increased from 14.4 to 16.4 days.
Regionally, there were some significant differences.
Most absent days per employed person were in Ostholstein (20.39 absent days), followed by Neumünster (19.37), Lübeck (19.36) and Kiel (19.23).
The fewest days of incapacity for work in the state were recorded in North Frisia with 15.68 days of absence per employed person.
This was followed by the districts of Stormarn (16.05) and Pinneberg (16.09).
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