Table 1.
Demographic and socioeconomic factors related to disability pension (DP) in a 1-year follow-up during 1993–2003 among women in Sweden aged 20–43 years and born between 1960 and 1979
| Person-years | Crude rate* | Crude relative rate | Exposed cases | HR (95% CI)† | |
| Total | 10 278 639 | 39 | 39 605 | ||
| Ages during follow-up (years) | |||||
| 20–25 | 2 909 604 | 15 | 1.00 | 4345 | 1.00 |
| 26–30 | 2 964 268 | 26 | 1.75 | 7755 | 1.66 (1.60 to 1.72) |
| 31–35 | 2 814 482 | 47 | 3.14 | 13 218 | 2.92 (2.82 to 3.02) |
| 36+ | 1 590 285 | 90 | 6.02 | 14 287 | 4.54 (4.38 to 4.71) |
| Residential area | |||||
| Sparsely populated areas | 497 386 | 44 | 1.00 | 2166 | 1.00 |
| Rural areas | 507 730 | 54 | 1.25 | 2755 | 1.28 (1.21 to 1.35) |
| City areas | 5 159 644 | 41 | 0.94 | 21 061 | 0.97 (0.93 to 1.01) |
| Metropolitan areas | 4 111 669 | 33 | 0.76 | 13 621 | 0.78 (0.74 to 0.82) |
| Country of birth | |||||
| Sweden | 8 807 028 | 37 | 1.00 | 32 678 | 1.00 |
| Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland | 268 139 | 53 | 1.43 | 1425 | 1.20 (1.13 to 1.26) |
| UK and Ireland | 18 296 | 21 | 0.56 | 38 | 0.49 (0.36 to 0.68) |
| Poland | 62 449 | 47 | 1.26 | 293 | 1.14 (1.02 to 1.28) |
| Eastern Europe including Romania, Hungary, former DDR and USSR | 76 647 | 30 | 0.81 | 229 | 0.71 (0.62 to 0.80) |
| Bosnia–Hercegovina | 79 481 | 35 | 0.94 | 276 | 0.83 (0.74 to 0.94) |
| Former Yugoslavia excluding Bosnia–Hercegovina | 104 404 | 76 | 2.05 | 794 | 1.72 (1.60 to 1.84) |
| Greece | 11 761 | 121 | 3.25 | 142 | 2.72 (2.31 to 3.21) |
| Western Europe including Germany | 48 946 | 25 | 0.67 | 121 | 0.60 (0.50 to 0.71) |
| Iraq | 67 727 | 42 | 1.13 | 283 | 0.98 (0.87 to 1.10) |
| Lebanon, Syria and Turkey | 143 657 | 84 | 2.26 | 1204 | 2.24 (2.12 to 2.38) |
| South Central Asia including Iran | 140 861 | 53 | 1.43 | 746 | 1.34 (1.25 to 1.44) |
| Ethiopia and Somalia | 57 713 | 25 | 0.69 | 147 | 0.69 (0.59 to 0.81) |
| Africa excluding Ethiopia and Somalia | 61 247 | 46 | 1.25 | 283 | 1.12 (1.00 to 1.26) |
| East Asia including Thailand and Vietnam | 144 465 | 23 | 0.61 | 327 | 0.59 (0.53 to 0.65) |
| USA | 25 521 | 15 | 0.41 | 39 | 0.37 (0.27 to 0.50) |
| Chile | 49 665 | 48 | 1.29 | 237 | 1.27 (1.12 to 1.44) |
| South America excluding Chile | 40 229 | 32 | 0.87 | 130 | 0.84 (0.71 to 1.00) |
| Other countries | 70 403 | 30 | 0.82 | 213 | 0.75 (0.66 to 0.86) |
| Education | |||||
| High, more than 12 years | 3 208 713 | 17 | 1.00 | 5313 | 1.00 |
| Medium, 10–12 years | 5 674 755 | 40 | 2.40 | 22 577 | 2.72 (2.64 to 2.80) |
| Low, 9 years or less | 1 369 063 | 83 | 5.04 | 11 418 | 5.97 (5.78 to 6.17) |
| Employment | |||||
| Employed | 8 724 849 | 23 | 1.00 | 19 645 | 1.00 |
| Not employed | 1 553 790 | 128 | 5.71 | 19 960 | 6.76 (6.63 to 6.90) |
| Employment sector | |||||
| National public sector | 672 544 | 30 | 1.00 | 2042 | 1.00 |
| Local and county public sector | 3 417 883 | 25 | 0.83 | 8649 | 0.83 (0.79 to 0.88) |
| Private sector | 4 082 880 | 18 | 0.60 | 7435 | 0.66 (0.63 to 0.70) |
| Other sector | 517 698 | 29 | 0.95 | 1498 | 1.06 (0.99 to 1.13) |
| Days of unemployment (days) | |||||
| 0 | 7 570 643 | 42 | 1.00 | 31 486 | 1.00 |
| 1–15 | 273 581 | 41 | 0.98 | 1114 | 1.25 (1.18 to 1.33) |
| 16–30 | 238 987 | 31 | 0.74 | 738 | 1.03 (0.95 to 1.11) |
| 31–60 | 425 404 | 28 | 0.68 | 1206 | 0.95 (0.90 to 1.01) |
| >60 | 1 770 024 | 29 | 0.69 | 5061 | 0.95 (0.92 to 0.98) |
| Income | |||||
| High, above 3rd quartile | 2 600 723 | 34 | 1.00 | 8721 | 1.00 |
| Medium, 1st–3rd quartile | 4 937 461 | 41 | 1.21 | 20 095 | 1.59 (1.55 to 1.63) |
| Low, below 1st quartile | 2 554 492 | 41 | 1.23 | 10 559 | 2.32 (2.25 to 2.39) |
| Partner status | |||||
| Cohabiting | 4 750 441 | 36 | 1.00 | 17 304 | 1.00 |
| Lone | 5 528 198 | 40 | 1.11 | 22 301 | 1.82 (1.79 to 1.86) |
| Children | |||||
| Without (no) children | 4 886 709 | 32 | 1.00 | 15 464 | 1.00 |
| With children | 5 391 930 | 45 | 1.41 | 24 141 | 0.74 (0.72 to 0.76) |
| Number of children | |||||
| No children | 4 886 709 | 33 | 1.00 | 15 464 | 1.00 |
| One child | 1 769 317 | 38 | 1.16 | 6463 | 0.76 (0.74 to 0.79) |
| Two children | 2 504 169 | 42 | 1.30 | 10 573 | 0.66 (0.65 to 0.68) |
| Three or more children | 1 118 444 | 64 | 1.95 | 7105 | 0.88 (0.85 to 0.91) |
*
Number of new DPs per 10 000 person-years.
†
Adjusted for age.