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Women are often ill differently than men
For Saxony, the current DAK health report shows clear differences between the sexes in times of absences and in dealing with illness. Women are therefore missing more often in the job than men. In addition, they are "different" ill.
Women are significantly more ill than men
Actually, women promote men's health in a partnership because they have a positive impact on regular exercise, varied diets, structured daily routines, and medical care. Nevertheless, women are significantly more ill than men. This has been shown by the current DAK health report, which was published a few months ago. The health insurance company then wrote in a statement: The "study shows the greatest gender differences in mental illness, cancer and circulatory diseases". This trend was also confirmed in the individual federal states. For example, the study by the health insurance company DAK-Gesundheit showed that women in Saxony are more likely to be absent from work because of sickness than men.
Women in Saxony were sick more often than men last year. They are also "different" sick as the DAK health report shows. (Image: Alexander Raths / fotolia.com) Musculoskeletal disorders come first
"The sick leave in Saxony reached last year at 4.6 percent, the highest value in 16 years," it says in a recent press release. This means that in 2015, on average, 46 out of every 1,000 workers were on sick leave per day. For most days lost the so-called musculoskeletal disorders (21 percent) such as back problems were responsible. In second place followed the respiratory diseases (17.8 percent). Mental illness took third place with a share of 13.7 percent on all days off. "The current sick leave with high scores for musculoskeletal disorders and mental illness underlines the need for more tailor-made treatment offers," says Christine Enenkel, head of DAK customer management in Saxony.
Twice as many absentee days for mental illness
The sick leave of women was 18 percent higher in the past year. According to the study, women in the Free State have more than twice as many days lost in mental illness, men 63% more in cardiovascular diseases. According to the report, women have more days off due to cancer than men - due to the relatively early onset of breast cancer. For the study, the absences of approximately 70,400 gainfully employed members of DAK health in Saxony had been evaluated. (Ad)