Descriptive statistics for absences in the total EASY population and MSK and MH subgroups
| Total sample (N=48 007) | Total MSK absences (N=6530) | Total MH absences (N=2921) | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Age group | ||||||
| 16–29 years | 6885 | 14.34 | 588 | 9.00 | 253 | 8.66 |
| 30–39 years | 10 772 | 22.44 | 1124 | 17.21 | 639 | 21.88 |
| 40–49 years | 15 257 | 31.78 | 2291 | 35.08 | 1102 | 37.73 |
| 50–59 years | 13 003 | 27.09 | 2181 | 33.40 | 813 | 27.83 |
| 60+ years | 2090 | 4.35 | 346 | 5.30 | 114 | 3.90 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 5820 | 12.12 | 963 | 14.75 | 241 | 8.25 |
| Female | 42 187 | 87.88 | 5567 | 85.25 | 2680 | 91.75 |
| Job family | ||||||
| Administrative services | 9597 | 19.99 | 1003 | 15.36 | 550 | 18.83 |
| Allied health profession | 4914 | 10.24 | 502 | 7.69 | 208 | 7.12 |
| Healthcare sciences | 2130 | 4.44 | 284 | 4.35 | 105 | 3.59 |
| Manager | 150 | 0.31 | 13 | 0.20 | 5 | 0.17 |
| Medical and dental | 1301 | 2.71 | 125 | 1.91 | 33 | 1.13 |
| Medical and dental support | 876 | 1.82 | 83 | 1.27 | 35 | 1.20 |
| Nursing/midwifery | 21 734 | 45.27 | 3428 | 52.50 | 1614 | 55.26 |
| Other therapeutic | 2100 | 4.37 | 193 | 2.96 | 74 | 2.53 |
| Personal and social care | 443 | 0.92 | 56 | 0.86 | 18 | 0.62 |
| Support services | 4762 | 9.92 | 843 | 12.91 | 279 | 9.55 |
| Job type | ||||||
| Part time | 20 758 | 43.24 | 2871 | 43.97 | 1431 | 48.99 |
| Full time | 27 249 | 56.76 | 3659 | 56.03 | 1490 | 51.01 |
EASY, Early Access to Support for You; MH, mental health; MSK, musculoskeletal.