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. 2023 Jul 1;20(1):30. doi: 10.1007/s10433-023-00777-8

Table 1.

Cohabitation status, level of education, country of birth and proportion that died before 31 of December 2015, among people 70 years and older who entered the late life dependency period during autumn 2008, by gender and age group

Age group 70–74 75–79 80–84 85–89 90–94 95 +  Total
n = 723 n = 1662 n = 2955 n = 3665 n = 1660 n = 274 n = 10,939
Women % % % % % % %
Cohabitation status
Living alone 66.0 71.2 77.6 85.2 91.8 93.8 80.9
Cohabiting 34.0 28.8 22.4 14.8 8.2 6.2 19.1
Education
Compulsory 49.9 56.4 62.4 65.8 69.2 73.0 63.1
Upper secondary 36.4 31.9 28.4 26.8 21.5 20.4 27.7
Tertiary 13.7 11.7 9.2 7.4 9.3 6.6 9.2
Country of birth
Sweden 83.8 88.3 90.5 94.6 94.5 93.8 91.8
Nordic 8.6 7.7 6.0 3.1 3.0 2.9 4.9
Outside Nordic 7.6 4.0 3.5 2.3 2.6 3.3 3.3
Deaths 72.5 73.7 80.7 86.7 92.7 92.3 83.2
Age group 70–74 75–79 80–84 85–89 90–94 95 +  Total
n = 694 n = 1172 n = 1819 n = 1994 n = 775 n = 122 n = 6576
Men % % % % % % %
Cohabitation status
Living alone 62.2 54.8 49.6 52.3 56.4 72.1 53.9
Cohabiting 37.7 45.2 50.4 47.7 43.6 27.9 46.1
Education
Compulsory 50.6 55.9 56.0 56.8 59.3 60.7 56.1
Upper secondary 33.3 31.1 30.1 32.2 26.3 24.6 30.7
Tertiary 16.1 13.0 14.0 11.0 14.3 14.7 13.2
Country of birth
Sweden 86.2 89.0 92.2 95.2 97.3 98.4 92.6
Nordic 6.8 5.5 4.1 2.4 0.7 1.6 3.7
Outside Nordic 7.1 5.5 3.7 2.4 1.9 0.0 3.7
Deaths 80.4 88.1 93.0 96.2 98.2 99.2 92.5