Table 1 |
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Characteristics of the study participants. |
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Men (n = 120426) |
Women (n = 264286) |
Total (n = 384712) |
Death/migration, No. (Row %) |
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Age |
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75-79 years, No. (%) |
39636 (32.9) |
74932 (28.4) |
114568 (29.8) |
6128 (5.4) |
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80-84 years, No. (%) |
39728 (33.0) |
80645 (30.5) |
120373 (31.3) |
9931 (8.3) |
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85+ years, No. (%) |
41062 (34.1) |
108709 (41.1) |
149771 (38.9) |
24898 (16.6) |
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Missing, No. (%) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
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Income (€)* |
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High income, median (%) |
21215 (33.0) |
17457 (33.0) |
18743 (33.0) |
11106 (8.8) |
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Middle income, median (%) |
14937 (33.8) |
12620 (33.9) |
13126 (33.9) |
13438 (10.3) |
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Low income, median (%) |
11748 (33.1) |
10281 (33.0) |
10632 (33.1) |
16401 (12.9) |
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Missing, No. (%) |
188 (0.2) |
177 (0.1) |
365 (0.1) |
12 (3.3) |
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Marital status |
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Married, No. (%) |
58376 (48.5) |
58395 (22.1) |
116772 (30.4) |
- |
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Never married, No. (%) |
8400 (7.0) |
13350 (5.1) |
21750 (5.7) |
- |
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Divorced, No. (%) |
10100 (8.4) |
25646 (9.7) |
35746 (9.3) |
- |
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Widowed, No. (%) |
26814 (22.3) |
142448 (53.9) |
169262 (44.0) |
- |
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Missing, No. (%)† |
16736 (13.9) |
24446 (9.2) |
41182 (10.7) |
40957 (99.5) |
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Country of birth |
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Sweden, No. (%) |
111738 (92.8) |
241804 (91.5) |
353542 (91.9) |
38151 (10.8) |
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Other Nordic countries, No. (%) |
3918 (3.3) |
11852 (4.5) |
15770 (4.1) |
1429 (9.1) |
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Europe, No. (%) |
3616 (3.0) |
8232 (3.1) |
11848 (3.1) |
1067 (9.0) |
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Outside Europe, No. (%) |
1130 (0.9) |
2365 (0.9) |
3495 (0.9) |
310 (8.9) |
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Missing, No. (%) |
24 (0.0) |
33 (0.0) |
57 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
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Number of unique drugs |
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1-4, No. (%) |
12219 (10.1) |
26479 (10.0) |
38698 (10.1) |
2489 (6.4) |
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5-9, No. (%) |
41504 (34.5) |
91856 (34.8) |
133360 (34.7) |
12040 (9.0) |
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10+, No. (%) |
66703 (55.4) |
145951 (55.2) |
212654 (55.3) |
26428 (12.4) |
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Missing, No. (%) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
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* Family disposable income for year 2005, adjusted for family size. SEK 1 = €0.106 (1 January 2006). † Marital status was missing for all individuals who died or migrated during 2006 (n = 40957). When these were excluded, marital status was missing for 225 individuals. |
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Lesén et al. BMC Public Health 2010 10:118 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-118 |
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