"Figure 4: All age groups have seen a decrease in their sickness absence rate by more than a third since 1995","" "Sickness absence rate, by age group, UK, 1995 and 2018","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "Year","1995","2018" "16 to 24 years","2.6","1.2" "25 to 34 years","2.6","1.6" "35 to 49 years","3.0","1.9" "50 to 64 years","4.4","2.6" "65 and over","2.9","1.9"