Table 2

Mean annual days on sick leave, disability pension and unemployment in 2007 in 19–64 year old prevalent patients with RA and general population comparators (GenPop; matched 1:5 by age, sex, county and education)

	n		Mean net days in 2007							Mean gross days in 2007
	n		Sick leave		Disability pension		Total days		Difference (95% CI)	Unemployment		Difference (95% CI)
	RA	GenPop	RA	GenPop	RA	GenPop	RA	GenPop	RA vs GenPop	RA	GenPop	RA vs GenPop
Overall^*	25 551	127 755	31	15	126	56	158	71	87 (85 to 88)	16	21	−4 (−5 to −3)
Women	18 852	94 260	33	16	135	60	168	76	92 (89 to 94)	17	22	−5 (−6 to −3)
Men	6699	33 495	28	13	101	44	129	57	73 (69 to 77)	13	17	−4 (−5 to −2)
Age (years)
19–29	676	3380	25	3	14	5	39	8	30 (25 to 35)	36	36	0 (−7 to 7)
30–39	2434	12 839	33	14	38	16	71	30	41 (37 to 45)	32	27	5 (2 to 8)
40–49	5005	25 852	34	15	83	27	117	42	75 (71 to 78)	20	20	1 (−1 to 3)
50–59	9328	48 547	33	14	129	67	162	81	81 (78 to 84)	14	23	−9 (−11 to −7)
60–64	8108	36 872	28	18	186	81	214	98	116 (112 to 119)	10	14	−5 (−6 to −3)
Education^† (years)
≤9	5601	28 005	27	16	190	94	217	110	107 (102 to 111)	14	23	−10 (−12 to −8)
10–12	12 728	63 640	35	15	130	59	165	74	91 (88 to 94)	19	23	−4 (−6 to −3)
>12	7139	35 695	29	14	69	20	98	35	63 (60 to 66)	14	14	0 (−1 to 2)

↵* A full five controls per patient with RA could not be found for 371 individuals. These 371 individuals were removed from the analysis.
↵† Missing data: 83 patients with RA and 415 matched general population comparators did not have their education level registered.
RA, rheumatoid arthritis.