Diabetes causes more work-loss days. Evidence on US data shows that diabetes increases the number of work-loss days by 2 days per year in women (Tunceli et al, 2005), and up to 3.2 days within a 2-week period for diabetes with complications (Ng et al, 2001). Whereas a US study showed that from 1992 to 2000, diabetes was responsible for $4.4 billion in lost income due to early retirement (Vijan et al, 2009), another US study failed to find evidence for a causal relationship between diabetes and the age of full retirement (Dwyer et al., Cancer has a negative impact on employment probability, worked hours, and work absence. The strength of the effect of cancer on labour market outcomes depends on individual characteristics and disease characteristics.