The graph line below shows the percentage of workers in five European countries taking fixed stays or more sickness absences per year from 1991 to 2001.

The supplied graph provides information about the number of employees in 5 countries located in Europe, who were absent

due to

illness between 1991 and 2001. The data is calibrated in percentage. From an

overall

perspective, it can be seen that Netherlands’ figure fluctuated whilst the Uk and German ones remain relatively steady. France's figure fell

whereas

Sweden’s experienced an upward trend. Getting back to details, The Netherlands workers started the period with just under 5%,

then

unscrews slightly before suffering a dramatic decrease and

then

went back again to around 5,4%. France's date was exactly 5% and

then

in the next 8 years saw declined constantly and

then

remained the same

while

Sweden’s graph experienced a significant rose after 1995 and reached a peak in 2009 with 4,5% of sick workers roughly. In terms of the UK and Germany, their graphs did not show great changes over the period and their value was around 2,5% and 1,5% respectively.