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Table 2 Country of birth economic characteristics of disability pension recipients 40 to 64 in Malmo, Sweden, 2003 Country economies according to World Bank classification. Values in parentheses are percentages.

From: The role country of birth plays in receiving disability pensions in relation to patterns of health care utilisation and socioeconomic differences: a multilevel analysis of Malmo, Sweden

 

Disability pension recipients

 

Country economy

     

Women

  

High income

 

Middle income

 

Low income

 
 

Total

Sought health care

Total

Sought health care

Total

Sought health care

Total

Sought health care

Number of countries

88

86

23

22

16

16

49

48

Number of individuals

6453

5846

4380

3995

1538

1368

535

483

Median age

57

57

58

58

55

55

53

53

Living alone

3 658 (57)

3 300 (56)

2 685 (61)

2 434 (61)

771 (50)

687 (50)

202 (38)

179 (37)

Low education achievement

2 624 (41)

2 319 (40)

1 628 (37)

1 445 (36)

746 (49)

647 (47)

250 (47)

227 (47)

Utilisation of health care

5 846 (91)

5 846 (100)

3 995 (91)

3 995 (100)

1 368 (89)

1 368 (100)

483 (90)

483 (100)

Public general practitioner visit

 

3 120 (53)

 

2 108 (53)

 

713 (52)

 

299 (62)

Public specialist

 

3 422 (59)

 

2 437 (61)

 

726 (53)

 

259 (54)

Private general practitioner

 

1 737 (30)

 

1 161 (29)

 

414 (30)

 

162 (34)

Private specialist

 

3 350 (57)

 

2 295 (57)

 

818 (60)

 

237 (49)

Men

        

Number of countries

77

74

20

20

13

13

44

41

Number of individuals

4 618

3 716

3 120

2 542

956

743

542

431

Median age

56

57

57

57

57

57

54

54

Alone

2 877 (63)

2 239 (60)

2 219 (71)

1 741 (68)

456 (48)

344 (46)

20 (37)

154 (36)

Low education achievement

1 841 (41)

1 446 (39)

1 335 (43)

1 052 (41)

329 (34)

261 (35)

177 (33)

133 (31)

Utilisation of health care

3 716 (80)

3 716 (100)

2 542 (81)

2 542 (100)

743 (78)

743 (100)

431 (80)

431 (100)

Public general practitioner

 

1 790 (48)

 

1 170 (46)

 

376 (50)

 

244 (57)

Public specialist

 

2 372 (64)

 

1 714 (67)

 

400 (54)

 

258 (60)

Private general practitioner

 

961 (26)

 

636 (25)

 

206 (28)

 

119 (28)

Private specialist

 

1 334 (36)

 

894 (35)

 

293 (39)

 

147 (34)