Absences from work of employed full-time wage and salary workers by age, sex, and occupation, 1998 Characteristic |---------Absence Rate--------| Total Injury and Other illness reasons TOTAL 3.7 2.7 1.1 55 years and over 4.2 3.4 0.8 16 to 19 years 4.0 3.1 0.9 20 to 24 3.9 2.5 1.4 25 to 54 3.7 2.6 1.1 Women 5.1 3.4 1.7 Men 2.7 2.1 0.6