Sickness absence due to otoaudiological diagnosis and incidence rate ratios (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for diagnosis specific disability pension in 2006–2009 among individuals living in Sweden.

aAdjusted for age (20–34, 35–44, 45–54, 55–64); sex (female, male); family (married/cohabiting, married/cohabiting with children, alone, alone with child, child living with parent); type of living area (larger cities, medium sized cities, smaller places); birth region (Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe, Other world); years of education (0–9, 10–12, >12 ); hospitalization days (summarized days 2000–2005; 0, 1–4, >4), excluding 292 403 observations due to missing data on education and/or family. bICD10: H60–H75, H80, H92, H94, H95. cICD10: H83, H90, H91. dICD10: H81, H82. eICD10: H93.