Sick-leave duration by diagnosis in Czechia

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How long sick leave lasts by diagnosis group in the Czech Republic. Figures come from the open data of the Czech Social Security Administration (ČSSZ) and are cumulative from the start of the year to the latest reported quarter. For each group you get the average length of a single case, the same period a year earlier, and total volumes.

As of 30 June 2026, the longest sick leave is for tuberculosis (167 days per case), the shortest for respiratory diseases (12 days) – a gap of 155 days.

#1167.4 daysTuberculosisAvg. duration per case (days)
#1311.6 daysRespiratory diseasesAvg. duration per case (days)
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Tuberculosis167.4 daysMalignant neoplasms164.9 daysPregnancy and childbirth87.2 daysMental disorders78.9 daysCirculatory diseases65 daysNervous system diseases64.9 daysMusculoskeletal diseases63.4 daysInjuries and poisonings54 daysSkin diseases29.3 daysGenitourinary diseases29 daysOther diseases26.3 daysDigestive diseases23.8 daysRespiratory diseases11.6 days
#Avg. duration per case (days)Previous year (days)CasesTotal days
1Tuberculosis167.35172.96559,204
2Malignant neoplasms164.93174.819,4291,555,136
3Pregnancy and childbirth87.288.0811,024961,313
4Mental disorders78.9481.835,8382,829,215
5Circulatory diseases64.9568.0629,4721,914,060
6Nervous system diseases64.8567.6920,4141,323,943
7Musculoskeletal diseases63.465.47201,63612,783,183
8Injuries and poisonings54.0154.88106,0355,726,686
9Skin diseases29.2730.7217,131501,370
10Genitourinary diseases29.0129.5442,9471,245,869
11Other diseases26.3126.62147,1413,871,708
12Digestive diseases23.7825.0188,5032,104,519
13Respiratory diseases11.6111.82486,3845,645,978

Methodology

Figures come from the open data of the Czech Social Security Administration (ČSSZ), the dataset of work-incapacity indicators by sex and diagnosis (licensed CC BY 4.0). Values are cumulative from the start of the year (as of 30 June 2026); the average case length is total incapacity days divided by the number of cases. Year-on-year comparison uses the same period of the previous year (the same quarter). The source link is shown on every row.

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