European Health Survey ABSENCE FROM WORK FOR HEALTH REASONS Average number of days absent from work in the last 12 months due to health problems, according to sex and country of birth. Average and standard deviation. Population aged 16 years old and over that has been absent from work in the last 12 months Units: average and standard deviation Average Standard deviation Both sexes Total 33.92 66.18 Spain 34.55 66.07 Abroad 30.35 66.68 Males Total 30.25 62.69 Spain 29.93 60.67 Abroad 32.21 73.65 Females Total 38.12 69.74 Spain 39.96 71.51 Abroad 28.43 58.57 Notes: The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which is not collected The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an error of division by zero The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error. Source: National Statistics Institute