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Table 1 Characteristics of the three studied cohorts including all individuals aged 16–64 years who lived in Sweden in 1995, 2000 and 2005, respectively, and who were not on disability pension (DP) at the beginning of the respective year (Cohort 1995, 2000, and 2005)

From: Diagnosis-specific disability pension and risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality – a cohort study of 4.9 million inhabitants in Sweden

 

Cohort 1995

Cohort 2000

Cohort 2005

 

DP

 

no DP

 

DP

 

no DP

 

DP

 

no DP

 
 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Sex

            

Women

20358

53.7

2421612

48.7

26208

57.9

2438910

48.6

35335

60.8

2410183

48.1

Men

17587

46.3

2546966

51.3

19094

42.1

2581932

51.4

22811

39.2

2604270

51.9

Age group (years)

            

16-24

318

0.8

298600

6.0

580

1.3

295721

5.9

1273

2.2

340375

6.8

25-34

3017

8.0

1788560

36.0

3837

8.5

1682671

33.5

6148

10.6

1606313

32.0

35-44

5128

13.5

1118522

22.5

6952

15.3

1153019

23.0

10773

18.5

1182685

23.6

45-54

11125

29.3

1139937

22.9

12432

27.4

1102486

22.0

15444

26.6

1012138

20.2

55-64

18357

48.4

622959

12.5

21501

47.5

786945

15.7

24508

42.1

872942

17.4

Family situation

            

Married/living with partner without children

12788

33.7

700484

14.1

14032

31.0

728505

14.5

15062

25.9

678992

13.5

Married/living with partner with children

8755

23.1

1939591

39.0

10423

23.0

1824464

36.3

15365

26.4

1809034

36.1

Single/divorced/separated/widowed without children

13482

35.5

1696103

34.1

16543

36.5

1817882

36.2

20610

35.4

1827298

36.4

Single/divorced/separated/widowed with children

2568

6.8

292175

5.9

3684

8.1

316839

6.3

5835

10.0

316827

6.3

Children living with parents, 16–20 years

352

0.9

340225

6.8

620

1.4

333142

6.6

1274

2.2

382279

7.6

Missing information

0

0.0

0

.0

0

00.0

10

0.0

0

0.0

23

0.0

Educational level (years)

            

Elementary school (0–9)

16523

43.5

1257379

25.3

16483

36.4

1057075

21.1

15926

27.4

916305

18.3

Upper secondary school (10–12)

15899

41.9

2409220

48.5

21001

46.4

2444926

48.7

29392

50.5

2373077

47.3

Higher education (>12)

4901

12.9

1247676

25.1

7015

15.5

1471393

29.3

11909

20.5

1676687

33.4

Missing information

622

1.6

54303

1.1

803

1.8

47448

.9

919

1.6

48384

1.0

Area of residence

            

Large cities

12920

34.0

1759306

35.4

14572

32.2

1860403

37.1

18481

31.8

1887748

37.6

Medium cities

12980

34.2

1759133

35.4

15692

34.6

1763245

35.1

20491

35.2

1775613

35.4

Small towns

12045

31.7

1450139

29.2

15038

33.2

1397194

27.8

19174

33.0

1351092

26.9

Country of birth

            

Sweden

31083

81.9

4366386

87.9

36678

81.0

4374069

87.1

46949

80.7

4303132

85.8

Other Nordic countries

3069

8.1

187860

3.8

2954

6.5

163243

3.3

2897

5.0

142937

2.9

European countries, EU25, excluding Nordic countries

1443

3.8

103466

2.1

1431

3.2

101913

2.0

1513

2.6

104222

2.1

Rest of the world

2348

6.2

310539

6.3

4235

9.3

381310

7.6

6786

11.7

463847

9.3

Missing information

2

0.0

327

.0

4

0.0

307

.0

1

0.0

315

0.0

Previous inpatient care, days

            

0 days

16443

43.3

3807908

76.6

20962

46.3

3933141

78.3

31244

53.7

4045285

80.7

≤ mediana

5840

15.4

641118

12.9

6767

14.9

587024

11.7

9423

16.2

566677

11.3

> mediana

15662

41.3

519552

10.5

17573

38.8

500677

10.0

17479

30.1

402491

8.0

  1. aMedian days in inpatient care during the five years preceding the study entry (1990–1994, 1995–1999, and 2000–2004, respectively) for cohort 1995 = 4, cohort 2000 = 3 and cohort 2005 = 3 days.