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> An important contribution to long-term sickness volumes has come from the large number of "baby boomers" (those born between 1946 and 1964) approaching retirement.

The lack of age breakdown in these statistics is disappointing, its not clear how much of these trends can be attributed to an ageing population.

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Interestingly enough in Switzerland, the 15-24 age category just became the age group with the highest number of sick days per year, when it used to be the oldest age group before the pandemic. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/record-level-of-sick-da...

"The SonntagsZeitung also writes that younger people are significantly more likely to call in sick due to mental illness"

I understand, I also get mentally challenged when I cross Switzerland, especially in front of the Gothard tunnel.

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