The line chart illustrates the percentage of workers who show absence due to illness in 5 countries:Netherlands, Sweden,France,UK,and Germany between 1991 and 2001.
Overall, it can be seen that there is a visible increase in percentage of workers with illness absence of France and Netherlands,in contrast figure for Sweden faced with sharp decline throughout the period.Furthermore, figures for the UK and Germany remained broadly stable.
To begin with, figures for Netherlands started at 5% in 1991, fluctuated slightly in the subsequent years, and eventually dropped the low of around 4.5% in 1996, then slightly rose to 6% by the end of the period and represented the highest figure among all countries.Percentage of France also showed substantial growth, rising from 3% in 1991 to 5% in 2001.
In comprasion,Sweden experienced sharp decline started from 5% at the beginning, then dropped to 3% in 1998, slightly rise to approximately 3.5% in 1999 and showed decline to 3% by the end of the period.UK experienced frequent fluctations and maintained a steady level over the a decade.Germany remained relatively unchanged from beginning in 1991 to 2001.
