Facts and talk about stress

• Every day, 35,000 Danes are on sick leave due to a mentally poor work environment, which can result in, for example, stress, burnout, depression and psychosomatic symptoms.

• 430,000 Danes, corresponding to 10-12%, experience symptoms of severe stress every day

• In 2010, approx. 12% of Danes over the age of 15 that they were very nervous or stressed. This corresponds to approx. 500,000 people

• 250,000 - 300,000 Danes suffer from severe stress

• 500,000 Danes feel burnt out at work due to stress

• 1400 Danes die every year from mental workload, among other things. caused by stress

• 30,000 hospitalizations per year due to stress

• Every fifth person who becomes ill from stress risks losing their job

Source Statistics Denmark