Table 2. Crude Rate Ratios (RR) and 95% Confidence Interval for being granted a disability pension (DP) 2007–2010, 18034 non-pensioned women and men aged 18–60 years and living in Sweden with at least one outpatient care visit due to depression in 2006.
| Characteristics | DP, N | % | RR (95% CI) |
| Socio-demographic factors | |||
| Sex | |||
| Women | 1849 | 17.3 | 1.06 (0.9–1.1) |
| Men | 1195 | 16.3 | 1 |
| Age group, years | |||
| 18–24 | 385 | 10.5 | 1 |
| 25–34 | 540 | 11.4 | 1.11 (0.9–1.3) |
| 35–44 | 864 | 18.1 | 1.83 (1.6–2.1) |
| 45–54 | 820 | 23.8 | 2.48 (2.2–2.8) |
| 55–60 | 435 | 31.1 | 3.43 (2.9–3.9) |
| Educational level, years | |||
| Low (≤9) | 717 | 18.2 | 1.23 (1.1–1.4) |
| Medium (10–12) | 1533 | 17.5 | 1.18 (1.1–1.3) |
| High (≥12) | 775 | 15.1 | 1 |
| Missing | 19 | 10.3 | 0.66 (0.4–1.0) |
| Family situation | |||
| Married/living with partner with children1 | 923 | 18.4 | 1 |
| Married/living with partner no children1 | 305 | 25.5 | 1.45 (1.3–1.6) |
| Single/divorced/separated/widowed no children1 | 1288 | 15.4 | 0.82 (0.8–0.9) |
| Single/divorced/separated/widowed with children1 | 414 | 18.1 | 0.98 (0.9–1.1) |
| Adolescents living with parents, 18–20 years1 | 114 | 9.5 | 0.49 (0.4–0.6) |
| Area of residence 2 | |||
| Big cities | 1177 | 15.9 | 1 |
| Medium-sized cities | 1021 | 16.4 | 1.03 (0.9–1.1) |
| Small cities/villages | 846 | 19.2 | 1.22 (1.1–1.3) |
| Country of birth | |||
| Sweden | 2276 | 16.0 | 1 |
| Other Northern European countries | 98 | 19.9 | 1.30 (1.1–1.6) |
| EU25 without Northern European countries | 85 | 19.9 | 1.28 (1.0–1.6) |
| Rest of the world | 585 | 20.5 | 1.33 (1.2–1.5) |
| Previous health care and treatment, 2001–2005 | |||
| Outpatient care, mental diagnosis | |||
| No care | 1689 | 15.6 | 1 |
| < = median (3 visits) | 509 | 16.6 | 1.07 (0.9–1.1) |
| > median visits | 846 | 20.4 | 1.04 (1.2–1.5) |
| Outpatient care, somatic diagnosis | |||
| No care | 369 | 13.8 | 1 |
| < = median (6 visits) | 1189 | 15.7 | 1.16 (1.0–1.3) |
| > median | 1486 | 19.0 | 1.42 (1.3–1.6) |
| Inpatient care, mental diagnosis | |||
| No care | 2470 | 16.4 | 1 |
| < = median (13 days) | 230 | 15.8 | 0.96 (0.8–1.1) |
| > median | 344 | 22.4 | 1.42 (1.3–1.6) |
| Inpatient care, somatic diagnosis | |||
| No care | 1900 | 15.8 | 1 |
| < = median (3 days) | 451 | 16.3 | 1.03 (0.9–1.1) |
| > median visits | 693 | 21.5 | 1.41 (1.3–1.5) |
| Sickness absence, days, 2005 | |||
| 0 | 913 | 9.4 | 1 |
| 1–14 | 75 | 11.0 | 1.18 (0.9–1.5) |
| 15–90 | 366 | 18.6 | 2.06 (1.8–2.3) |
| 90–181 | 278 | 24.2 | 2.79 (2.4–3.2) |
| −365 | 1412 | 31.3 | 3.89 (3.6–4.2) |
| Antidepressant prescription, 2005 | |||
| 0 | 1180 | 13.3 | 1 |
| > = 1 | 1864 | 20.3 | 1.59 (1.5–1.7) |
| Ongoing health care and treatment in 2006 | |||
| Outpatient care, mental diagnosis | |||
| < = median (2 visits) | 751 | 11.5 | 1 |
| > median visits | 2293 | 19.9 | 1.82 (1.7–1.9) |
| Outpatient care, somatic diagnosis | |||
| No care | 1136 | 14.9 | 1 |
| < = median (2 visits) | 617 | 16.9 | 1.15 (1.0–1.3) |
| > median | 1291 | 19.1 | 1.32 (1.2–1.4) |
| Inpatient care, mental diagnosis | |||
| No care | 2507 | 16.1 | 1 |
| < = median (12 days) | 211 | 17.1 | 1.06 (0.9–1.2) |
| > median | 326 | 25.6 | 1.66 (1.5–1.8) |
| Inpatient care, somatic diagnosis | |||
| No care | 2585 | 16.4 | 1 |
| < = median (2 days) | 155 | 16.6 | 1.01 (0.9–1.2) |
| > median visits | 304 | 22.0 | 1.38 (1.2–1.6) |
| Sickness absence, days, 2006 | |||
| 0 | 506 | 6.7 | 1 |
| 1–14 | 28 | 5.4 | 0.78 (0.5–1.1) |
| 15–90 | 126 | 5.7 | 0.84 (0.7–1.0) |
| 90–181 | 183 | 11.2 | 1.68 (1.4–1.9) |
| −365 | 2201 | 35.8 | 6.38 (5.8–7.0) |
| Antidepressant prescription, 2006 | |||
| 0 | 345 | 13.3 | 1 |
| > = 1 | 2699 | 20.3 | 1.46 (1.3–1.6) |
1
children living at home;
2
Area of residence: big cities: Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö; medium-sized cities: cities with more than 90 000 inhabitants within 30 km distance from the centre of the city; small cities/villages [32].