Table 1.
COPD-incidences for men with age at diagnosis, hospital admissions and income levels as indicator of socioeconomic position at an annual basis; no percentages for total numbers are given because cases are included in more than one year, depending on length of insurance periods.
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subjects | Number | 827,734 | 826,831 | 833,034 | 960,790 | 968,796 | 970,952 | 971,037 | 978,016 | 997,544 | 1,042,900 | 1,087,137 | 1,121,361 |
| Age mean/Sd, yr | 49.74/ 18.21 | 49.77/ 18.33 | 49.69/ 18.42 | 49.45/ 18.38 | 49.48/ 18.46 | 49.54/ 18.50 | 48.61/ 18.52 | 49.60/ 18.55 | 49.42/ 18.56 | 49.01/ 18.56 | 48.67/ 18.52 | 48.53/ 18.47 | |
| COPD incidences | Number | 8,094 | 6,910 | 7,839 | 7,465 | 7,091 | 7,247 | 6,603 | 6,455 | 6,151 | 5,329 | 5,227 | 4,967 |
| % *1) | 0.97% | 0.83% | 0.93% | 0.77% | 0.73% | 0.74% | 0.68% | 0.66% | 0.61% | 0.51% | 0.48% | 0.44% | |
| Age mean/Sd, yr | 65.94/ 15.26 | 56.78/15.47 | 57.02/15.43 | 56.46/15.43 | 56.67/15.69 | 56.80/15.61 | 57.01/15.79 | 57.67/15.64 | 57.26/ 15.64 | 57.30/15.80 | 57.41/15.27 | 57.43/15.71 | |
| Hospital admissions | Number | 146 | 123 | 84 | 100 | 126 | 119 | 91 | 88 | 90 | 73 | 72 | 79 |
| % *2) | 1.80% | 1.78 | 1.07 | 1.34 | 1.78 | 1.64 | 1.38 | 1.36 | 1.46 | 1.37 | 1.38 | 1.59 | |
| Age mean/Sd, yr | 70.65/10.83 | 71.13/ 10.93 | 71.16/ 10.91 | 70.81/ 10.83 | 70.47/ 11.41 | 70.68/ 11.42 | 70.51/ 11.23 | 70.62/ 11.21 | 70.14/ 11.44 | 70.85/ 10.89 | 70.62/ 10.90 | 70.27/ 11.19 | |
| Income levels N / % | < 40% | 165,327/ 19.78% | 165,736/ 19.88% | 167,280/ 19.89% | 187,299/ 19.34% | 189,128/ 19.38% | 192,559/ 19.69% | 193,866/ 19.83% | 193,156/ 19.62% | 207,876/20.71% | 217,130/20.71% | 223,089/20.42 | 223,331/19.83% |
| 40–80% | 239,745/ 28.68% | 234,163/ 28.09% | 236,142/ 28.08% | 272,451/ 28.14% | 277,201/28.41% | 275,889/ 28.20% | 276,350/ 28.27% | 283,970/ 28.84% | 291,507/ 29.04% | 299,447/ 28.57% | 306,569/28.06% | 314,232/27.90% | |
| > 80% | 222,337/ 26.60% | 222,137/ 26.64% | 222,021/ 26.40% | 267,300/ 27.61% | 272,901/ 27.96% | 271,550/ 27.67% | 270,731/ 27.69% | 274,801/ 27.91% | 281,610/ 28.06% | 301,380/ 28.75% | 324,463/29.70% | 346,501/30.76% | |
| Income missing | 208,419/ 24.94% | 211,705/ 25.39% | 215,430/ 25.62% | 241,205 / 24.91% | 236,657/ 24.25% | 238,201/ 24.35% | 236,693/ 24.21% | 232,544 / 23.62% | 222,702/ 22.19% | 230,272/ 21.97% | 238,243/21.81% | 242,264/21.51% |
*1) Percentages of case numbers of a given year; *2) Percentages of hospital admissions of spirometry-based incident COPD-cases of a given year yr.: years; Sd: Standard deviation.