Table 2.

Social-group distribution (%) by time elapsed since the onset of illness, among patients with stroke in Denmark 1996–2006 who were 20–54 years of age and gainfully occupied at the time of the stroke

Social status	Year after stroke
	1	2	3	4	5
Self-employed people	6.1	5.3	4.9	4.7	4.7
Assisting spouses	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Employees	64.9	58.8	55.7	53.6	51.4
People on unemployment benefits	1.9	2.3	2.1	2.3	2.3
People in training/education	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2
Disability pensioners	8.9	16.2	19.7	21.6	23.2
Other not economically active	7.9	6.4	5.5	4.7	4.2
Deceased	9.5	10.4	11.6	12.7	14.0
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0