Table I.

Number of people per 1000 inhabitants, stratified by sociodemographic characteristics, who had at least one appointment with a physician in an average month by the different health care settings.

Demographic characteristic	Primary care	Hospital outpatient	Hospital inpatient	Emergency department	Home care	University hospital outpatient	University hospital inpatient
Age (years)
<5	137.4	36.6	8.8	31.5	11.7	1.2	0.6
5–17	55.0	31.3	3.7	17.9	0.9	1.3	0.3
18–24	57.8	28.9	7.2	20.0	1.4	2.6	0.3
25–44	69.9	30.4	10.4	15.6	2.3	1.8	0.3
45–64	88.4	45.4	9.1	16.0	5.7	2.7	0.8
≥65	126.1	72.6	25.4	31.1	55.4	0.9	2.4
Sex
Male	71.7	39.6	10.4	20.2	10.6	2.1	0.5
Female	101.9	47.5	13.1	20.6	17.9	2.1	0.6
Marital status
Unmarried	95.5	50.8	12.8	18.3	11.8	2.6	0.7
Married	71.3	33.3	7.9	19.0	6.0	1.8	0.4
Divorced	141.2	69.5	29.2	35.8	85.3	1.7	0.6
Widowed	105.2	54.0	16.6	24.7	17.6	2.6	1.0
Country of birth
Sweden	87.3	43.7	11.8	20.4	14.6	2.1	0.6
Other Nordic	79.8	43.8	14.1	24.1	8.5	2.4	0.6
Other Europe	56.2	29.0	6.8	14.0	3.9	1.9	0.5
Non-Europe	73.2	38.0	10.2	19.2	5.3	1.0	0.3
Residence location
Urban	86.3	43.9	11.8	21.7	12.9	2.1	0.5
Rural	88.0	42.8	11.8	17.4	17.4	2.1	0.6
Primary care provider's funding
County council	85.1	44.8	11.9	20.4	14.7	2.3	0.6
Contractor	95.3	37.5	11.1	20.4	12.5	1.1	0.4