Employment and early retirement -------------------------------- :numref:`employ_rr` illustrates the relative risks for employment for a range of diseases. Using the table below, women with diabetes are 12% less likely to be employed compared to women without diabetes. The table also shows that employment opportunities decline when number of chronic conditions increase. .. _employ_rr: .. csv-table:: Relative risks for employment :file: files/employ_rr.csv :header-rows: 1 :stub-columns: 1 Relative risks for early retirement are shown in :numref:`earlyret_rr`. For example, men and women with at least two NCDs are almost 20% more likely to retire early. .. _earlyret_rr: .. csv-table:: Relative risks for early retirement :file: files/earlyret_rr.csv :header-rows: 1 :stub-columns: 1 Note: *'NS' means not significant*.