Table 1.

Base-line characteristics for subjects reporting diabetes as a chronic illness in the Swedish Living Conditions Survey 1980–2004.

		1980–1984		1985–1989		1990–1994		1995–1999		2000–2004
		No	%	No	%	No	No	%	%	No	%
Diabetes among population
Age 40–64	M	146	2.4	135	2.4	147	2.6	152	2.7	221	3.9
	F	91	1.5	98	1.8	86	1.5	106	1.8	140	2.3
Age 65–74	M	116	5.8	120	6.3	96	5.9	106	7.1	142	9.0
	F	130	5.9	126	6.0	101	5.7	130	7.8	129	7.3
Age 75–84	M	108	7.1	74	6.9	65	6.8	80	8.2	111	10.3
	F	166	8.3	117	7.9	122	9.8	96	7.8	132	8.9
CHD or hypertension1 among diabetics	M	151	40.8	117	35.6	94	30.5	138	40.8	227	47.9
	F	214	55.3	150	44.0	132	42.7	145	43.7	219	54.6
CHD or hypertension1 among non-diabetics	M	1 684	18.4	1 419	17.1	1 288	16.1	1 317	16.9	1 610	20.4
	F	2 274	22.9	1 632	18.6	1 405	16.5	1 445	17.2	1 738	19.6
Daily smokers among diabetics	M	101	27.3	71	21.6	69	22.4	70	20.7	73	15.4
	F	42	10.9	38	11.1	29	9.4	43	13.0	54	13.5
Daily smokers among non-diabetics	M	3 057	33.4	2 464	29.8	2 150	26.8	1 686	21.6	1 474	18.6
	F	1 989	20.0	1 929	21.9	2 026	23.8	1 863	22.1	1 768	19.9

Number of observations (No.) and percentages (%).

1. ICD-9: 401 – 429 Hypertension and coronary heart disease.