Respiratory diseases in Bavaria: increase despite the warm summer!

Respiratory diseases in Bavaria: increase despite the warm summer!

Munich -Bavaria reports: Physical complaints go back, psychological problems raise the sick leave! A worrying clinical picture is shown compared to previous years.

The current statistics of the DAK shows alarming news: In the third quarter, Bayern announced their illnesses much more often - a total of 40 sick leave per 100 employees! This is almost a proud tenth more than in the comparison period of the previous year. And that despite the fact that the average sick leave at 10.1 days per case is even a day shorter than in the previous year.

mental illnesses at the top!

The numbers are clear - sick leave in Bavaria remains attractive with a stable 4.4 percent, but the national average is 5.0 percent. Behind the colorful image of the statistics are dark causes: mainly mental illnesses, including depression and adaptation disorders, are responsible for the absent days, with violent 78 absence per 100 insured persons. Muscle skeleton diseases do not come far with 76 shortages. Respiratory diseases that increase in warm summer weeks show a sudden increase in over 18 percent, which is surprising for the DAK and gives the experts a mystery.

DAK state chief Rainer Blasutto calls on a serious discussion: "The persistently high sick leave now requires a serious and thorough debate in order to clearly understand the real causes and to find a sustainable solution to the health of employees." Keywords such as the abolition of the telephone sick leave and the discussion about so -called "Blaumacher" really bring nobody really upset, said Blasutto. A clear call for insight that puts the discussion about the urgent health concerns!