Table 2.
Distribution of population, number of CHD events, and age-standardized CHD incidence (%) by neighborhood-level deprivation
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Women (n= 1.9 million) |
Men (n= 1.8 million) |
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Age-standardized incidence (%)a |
Age-standardized incidence (%)a |
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Neighborhood deprivation |
Neighborhood deprivation |
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| Distribution (%) | Number of CHD events | Low | Moderate | High | Distribution (%) | Number of CHD events | Low | Moderate | High | |
| Total population | 46,215 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 83,809 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 5.3 | ||
| Age (years) b | ||||||||||
| 35–44 | 27.5 | 1,449 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 29.6 | 3,951 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| 45–54 | 30.7 | 6,242 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 32.6 | 16,309 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 55–64 | 21.4 | 11,713 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 20.9 | 24,732 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 7.4 |
| 65–74 | 20.5 | 26,811 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 16.9 | 38,817 | 10.9 | 12.8 | 13.5 |
| Marital status | ||||||||||
| Married/co-habiting | 62.0 | 25,502 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 63.2 | 55,238 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| Never married | 13.8 | 3,414 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 21.5 | 11,738 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| Widowed | 8.5 | 9,653 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 4,118 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
| Divorced | 15.7 | 7,646 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 13.2 | 12,715 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 6.0 |
| Family income (quartiles) | ||||||||||
| High income | 22.9 | 7,595 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 27.6 | 20,549 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| Middle-high income | 25.7 | 11,523 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 24.4 | 23,067 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| Middle-low income | 26.4 | 15,712 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 23.1 | 22,398 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.7 |
| Low income | 25.0 | 11,385 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 24.9 | 17,795 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| Educational attainment | ||||||||||
| Compulsory school or less (≤9 years) | 36.3 | 27,685 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 37.5 | 44,847 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.7 |
| Practical high school or some theoretical high school (10–11 years) | 40.5 | 14,330 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 40.3 | 28,333 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
| Theoretical high school and/or college (≥12 years) | 23.2 | 4,200 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 22.2 | 10,629 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
| Immigration status | ||||||||||
| Born in Sweden | 89.7 | 40,323 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 90.7 | 75,064 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| Immigrated as a refugee | 3.0 | 1,335 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 2,613 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 5.4 |
| Immigrated for work from Finland | 4.4 | 2,778 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3,400 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 7.0 |
| Immigrated for work from another country | 2.9 | 1,779 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2,732 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| Mobility (time lived in neighborhood) | ||||||||||
| <5 years | 20.4 | 7,981 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 22.0 | 14,486 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 5.6 |
| ≥5 years | 79.7 | 38,234 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 78.0 | 69,323 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| Urban/rural status | ||||||||||
| Large cities | 32.8 | 13,697 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 32.2 | 24,293 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| Middle-sized towns | 35.9 | 16,404 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 35.8 | 30,093 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| Small towns/rural areas | 31.2 | 16,114 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 32.0 | 29,243 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
a
Incidence proportions = total number of fatal and non-fatal CHD cases from 01/01/96 through 12/31/00, divided by the number of women and men as of 01/01/96 for the total population and for each subgroup.
b
Incidence rates for each of the 10-year age groups are not age-standardized.
CHD, coronary heart disease