Table 2.
Number of participants and participation rates (%) in the Västerbotten Intervention Programme (VIP), 1990–2006, among women, by background characteristics
| Participation rate | ||||||
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| Characteristics | Number | 1990–1994 | 1995–1998 | 1999–2002 | 2003–2006 | Overall (1990–2006) |
| Age (yr) | ||||||
| 40 | 16,857 | 62.9 | 60.3 | 59.8 | 64.6 | 61.9 |
| 50 | 17,941 | 63.8 | 64.1 | 65.6 | 68.3 | 65.4 |
| 60 | 15,316 | 61.9 | 67.4 | 66.5 | 69.7 | 66.5 |
| Country of birtha | ||||||
| Sweden | 47,736 | 63.6 | 64.6 | 64.8 | 68.1 | 65.3 |
| EU | 1,822 | 54.3 | 52.9 | 55.1 | 63.2 | 56.2 |
| Non-EU | 556 | 36.0 | 33.1 | 42.1 | 52.1 | 43.1 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 37,753 | 65.6 | 66.5 | 67.3 | 70.9 | 67.5 |
| Single | 12,361 | 55.2 | 55.7 | 55.6 | 60.0 | 56.8 |
| Education | ||||||
| High | 14,356 | 62.3 | 59.6 | 63.6 | 68.1 | 63.7 |
| Middle | 26,394 | 65.4 | 66.1 | 65.1 | 68.3 | 66.3 |
| Low | 9,364 | 59.5 | 62.9 | 61.0 | 62.6 | 61.2 |
| Individual income | ||||||
| High | 6,675 | 65.2 | 62.0 | 65.7 | 68.8 | 65.5 |
| Middle | 31,894 | 66.6 | 67.7 | 68.1 | 71.8 | 68.5 |
| Low | 11,545 | 52.8 | 54.6 | 54.4 | 58.3 | 55.1 |
| Residence | ||||||
| Urban | 19,230 | 62.5 | 54.7 | 60.9 | 67.0 | 61.4 |
| Semi | 17,422 | 58.1 | 68.3 | 67.2 | 66.6 | 65.0 |
| Rural | 13,462 | 70.0 | 70.7 | 64.4 | 69.8 | 68.8 |
| Number of prior hospitalisations | ||||||
| 0 | 33,522 | 63.1 | 65.6 | 65.8 | 69.2 | 66.1 |
| 1 | 10,122 | 66.1 | 63.3 | 63.1 | 66.6 | 64.8 |
| 2+ | 6,470 | 58.7 | 56.3 | 55.1 | 58.2 | 57.2 |
| Prior CVD hospitalisations | ||||||
| No | 48,461 | 63.2 | 64.1 | 64.5 | 68.0 | 65.0 |
| Yes | 1,653 | 56.6 | 51.2 | 50.8 | 56.2 | 53.8 |
| Total | 50,114 | 62.9 | 63.6 | 63.9 | 67.5 | 64.5 |
a
EU is European Union. Non-EU is non-European Union.