Table 5.
Characteristics of the participants (%) stratified by gender and utilisation of health care services*
| |
Women |
Men |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total sample n=6929 | GP n=5897 | Somatic specialist services n=2857 | Psychiatric specialist services n=278 | Total sample n=6053 | GP n=4727 | Somatic specialist services n=2194 | Psychiatric specialist services n=179 | |
|
Age |
n=6929 |
n=5897 |
n=2857 |
n=278 |
n=6053 |
n=4727 |
n=2194 |
n=179 |
| 30-39 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.0 |
7.9 |
3.5 |
3.2 |
2.7 |
1.7 |
| 40–49 |
27.6 |
26.4 |
26.1 |
39.9 |
27.5 |
23.8 |
20.8 |
28.5 |
| 50–59 |
18.6 |
18.1 |
19.3 |
16.9 |
18.9 |
18.4 |
18.5 |
21.2 |
| 60–69 |
30.4 |
30.7 |
30.9 |
20.5 |
33.0 |
34.6 |
37.0 |
27.4 |
| 70–79 |
14.3 |
15.3 |
14.6 |
11.2 |
13.9 |
16.3 |
17.5 |
17.9 |
| 80-87 |
4.8 |
5.2 |
5.1 |
3.6 |
3.2 |
3.7 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
|
Marital status |
n=6627 |
n=5649 |
n=2745 |
n=266 |
n=5932 |
n=4645 |
n=2160 |
n=170 |
| Married/ cohabitant |
68.8 |
68.2 |
67.1 |
59.8 |
82.1 |
82.4 |
82.8 |
74.7 |
| Single |
31.2 |
31.8 |
32.9 |
40.2 |
17.9 |
17.6 |
17.2 |
25.3 |
|
Household income |
n=6180 |
n=5248 |
n=2602 |
n=245 |
n=5788 |
n=4509 |
n=2118 |
n=171 |
| Low |
16.0 |
17.0 |
14.6 |
22.9 |
8.1 |
8.9 |
7.7 |
17.5 |
| Low middle |
29.0 |
29.8 |
30.6 |
28.6 |
24.2 |
26.1 |
26.5 |
28.7 |
| High middle |
31.9 |
31.5 |
32.3 |
31.0 |
38.8 |
38.7 |
38.7 |
29.8 |
| High |
23.1 |
21.7 |
22.5 |
17.5 |
28.9 |
26.3 |
27.1 |
24.0 |
|
Education |
n=6824 |
n=5807 |
n=2825 |
n=275 |
n=5975 |
n=4669 |
n=2178 |
n=175 |
| Low |
31.9 |
33.1 |
27.8 |
28.7 |
25.0 |
26.3 |
23.7 |
29.7 |
| Middle |
31.8 |
32.3 |
33.4 |
26.2 |
35.5 |
36.3 |
35.6 |
32.0 |
| High |
36.3 |
34.6 |
38.8 |
45.1 |
39.5 |
37.4 |
40.7 |
38.3 |
|
Self-rated status of occupation |
n=5967 |
n=5061 |
n=2486 |
n=226 |
n=5498 |
n=4280 |
n=2008 |
n=156 |
| Low |
10.0 |
10.4 |
9.7 |
13.7 |
5.6 |
5.9 |
5.7 |
8.3 |
| Middle |
59.1 |
59.5 |
58.5 |
55.3 |
52.2 |
52.5 |
50.1 |
50.7 |
| High |
30.9 |
30.1 |
31.8 |
31.0 |
42.2 |
41.6 |
44.2 |
41.0 |
|
Self-rated health |
n=6855 |
n=5839 |
n=2834 |
n=277 |
n=6009 |
n=4697 |
n=2184 |
n=178 |
| Bad |
6.0 |
6.9 |
8.4 |
18.1 |
4.8 |
5.8 |
8.2 |
14.6 |
| Fair |
29.3 |
31.6 |
33.9 |
33.2 |
28.2 |
31.6 |
33.6 |
43.3 |
| Good |
49.4 |
48.7 |
45.8 |
39.7 |
53.3 |
51.4 |
48.9 |
37.6 |
| Excellent | 15.3 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 9.0 | 13.7 | 11.2 | 9.3 | 4.5 |
GP, general practitioner.
* One or more visits during the previous 12 months.