Table 2.

Baseline characteristics, overall and by level of neighborhood deprivation

	Population		Percentage by deprivation
	N	%	Low	Moderate	High
Age (years)
25–29	23,925	39·0	37·8	39·0	39·2
30–34	17,351	28·3	28·8	28·2	28·2
35–39	10,724	17·5	17·5	17·8	17·2
40–44	5,721	9·3	9·9	9·4	9·1
45–50	3,665	6·0	6·0	5·6	6·3
Male	28,686	46·7	48·6	52·9	54·4
Educational attainment
≤ 9 years	15,640	25·5	17·9	25·2	27·0
10–12 years	5,519	9·0	8·0	9·7	8·5
> 12 years	14,582	23·8	29·5	24·6	21·9
Unknown	25,645	41·8	44·6	40·5	42·6
Married/cohabitating	45,601	74·3	72·2	73·5	75·4
Family size (no. of children)
0	10,347	16·9	21·9	17·6	15·3
1	10,060	16·4	20·3	16·3	15·8
2	18,553	30·2	32·2	30·1	30·1
3	11,247	18·3	13·4	18·3	19·1
≥4	11,179	18·2	12·2	17·8	19·7
Region of residence
Southern Sweden, large cities†	35,992	58·6	73·5	53·1	61·4
Southern Sweden, other	19,130	31·2	15·7	33·2	31·8
Northern Sweden	6,264	10·2	10·8	13·6	6·8
Year of arrival
1987	9,462	15·4	21·9	17·6	15·3
1988	11,436	18·6	20·3	16·3	15·8
1989	14,806	24·1	32·2	30·1	30·1
1990	13,120	21·4	13·4	18·3	19·1
1991	12,562	20·5	12·2	17·8	19·7
Region of origin
Iran	13,456	21·9	18·0	22·3	22·2
Middle East/Northern Africa	14,199	23·1	16·1	20·3	27·1
Other Africa	5,954	9·7	9·7	9·9	9·5
Asia	7,596	12·4	20·1	12·4	11·0
Eastern Europe	11,783	19·2	20·9	19·8	18·3
Latin America	8,398	13·7	15·2	15·2	11·9
Number of observations	61,386		4,815	27,786	28,785
Cumulative diabetes events	4,553		281	1,994	2,278
Cumulative diabetes prevalence	7·4%		5·8%	7·2%	7·9%

^†Large cities are Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmo.