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Big cold wave will be out in 2016
Winter time is cold time - but despite the cold snap remains "the big cough in 2016," according to the current release of the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK). At the beginning of the year, according to the TK, "the traditional cold wave with coughing, runny nose, hoarseness lurks." But this year is not expected to be as many diseases as the year before.
For 2016, the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) gives the all-clear, because the experience from previous years would show that the big cough in "even" years is usually absent. According to the TK's data, respiratory illnesses were relatively high in the "odd" years of 2009, 2011 and 2013 (2.1 per capita, 2 per capita and 2.4 per capita), and absenteeism due to respiratory illnesses in the following years each significantly lower. Thus, there were 1.8 sick leave per capita in 2010, 1.9 in 2012 and 2 per capita in 2014. Why the even years bring less cold symptoms remains unanswered.
For 2016, the Techniker Krankenkasse expects a less pronounced cold wave than in the previous year. (Image: drubig-photo / fotolia.com) Respiratory diseases less common in "even" years
Especially in the first quarter of the year, snuff and Co. have high season, which leads to bottlenecks every two years, according to the TK in many companies. For in the "odd" years more than 1.2 percent of the workforce had failed because of respiratory complaints, the calculations of the health insurance based on the sick leave of their insured. The hardest hit by TK's working insured on 21 February 2013 was when two percent were unable to work because of cold symptoms. "Extrapolated to the federal level were accordingly more than half a million people with colds and fever in bed," reports the Techniker health insurance. In the observation year 2013, the highest cold-related sickness rate of the current century was recorded.
"For 2016 we expect similar numbers as in the even years before, as each just 0.7 to 0.9 percent of the employees and ALG-I recipients were disabled due to cold, "explains Gudrun Ahlers, health expert at TK. In addition, let the hitherto relatively warm winter, "that we get off lightly this year and a milder cold time waiting for us." The tissues, which we save in 2016, but can be saved for the upcoming cold wave 2017. (Fp)