Table 5.
Hospital admissions due to a main diagnosis of COPD by year of observation and income level in men and women: Hazard ratios, standard errors and confidence intervals.
| Year | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazard ratio | p | 95% CI | Hazard ratio | p | 95% CI | |
| 2008 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 2009 | 0.97 | 0.67 | 0.84–1.12 | 0.95 | 0.6 | 0.80–1.14 |
| 2010 | 0.87 | 0.04 | 0.74–1.00 | 0.89 | 0.23 | 0.74–1.07 |
| 2011 | 0.76 | 0.06 | 0.67–0.85 | 0.88 | 0.1 | 0.76–1.03 |
| 2012 | 0.75 | < 0.001 | 0.66–0.86 | 0.76 | 0.001 | 0.64–0.89 |
| 2013 | 0.78 | < 0.001 | 0.68–0.90 | 0.78 | 0.001 | 0.66–0.92 |
| 2014 | 0.64 | < 0.001 | 0.56–0.73 | 0.71 | < 0.001 | 0.60–0.83 |
| 2015 | 0.57 | < 0.001 | 0.49–0.65 | 0.76 | 0.001 | 0.64–0.90 |
| 2016 | 0.58 | < 0.001 | 0.50–0.67 | 0.59 | < 0.001 | 0.49–0.70 |
| 2017 | 0.48 | < 0.001 | 0.41–0.56 | 0.66 | < 0.001 | 0.55–0.79 |
| 2018 | 0.48 | < 0.001 | 0.41–0.56 | 0.5 | < 0.001 | 0.41–0.60 |
| 2019 | 0.47 | < 0.001 | 0.41–0.55 | 0.53 | < 0.001 | 0.44–0.64 |
| Income < 40% | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| level 40–80% | 0.62 | < 0.001 | 0.60–0.64 | 0.87 | < 0.001 | 0.84–0.90 |
| > 80% | 0.24 | < 0.001 | 0.23–0.26 | 0.53 | < 0.001 | 0.49–0.58 |
| Missing | 0.52 | < 0.001 | 0.50–0.55 | 0.74 | < 0.001 | 0.70–0.78 |
| Age (months) | 1.005 | < 0.001 | 1.0050–1.0051 | 1.0037 | < 0.001 | 1.0037–1.0039 |