Table 1.
Characteristics of the populations at baseline.
| CHD | Stroke | COPD | COPD | Lung cancer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| before | after | ||||
| Number of cases | 20,083 | 13,632 | 7,712 | 9,058 | 10,200 |
| Age | 72.1 | 73.9 | 71.3 | 70.2 | 67.0 |
| Women (%) | 46.4 | 52.7 | 51.9 | 50.3 | 42.4 |
| Married (%) | 55.3 | 48.6 | 48.9 | 55.1 | 61.1 |
| Charlson score | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| Education (%) | |||||
| Unskilled | 74.9 | 78.6 | 63.2 | 76.6 | 64.8 |
| Skilled | 18.2 | 15.5 | 28.0 | 18.3 | 26.8 |
| Higher education | 6.9 | 5.9 | 8.8 | 5.2 | 8.4 |
| Socioeconomic status (%) | |||||
| White collar | 6.7 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 5.2 |
| Blue collar | 10.5 | 7.3 | 9.7 | 7.4 | 11.3 |
| Unemployed | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| Outside labour market | 81.1 | 86.9 | 85.8 | 87.2 | 81.8 |