Table 3.
Sociodemographic and clinical data | Rare users (N=9541), n (%) | Normal users (N=3538), n (%) | Super users (N=921), n (%) | Chi-square (degrees of freedom); P value | |
Age groups (years) |
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16-24 | 1645 (17.24) | 932 ( 26.35) | 200 (21.6) | 209.1 (4); <.001 |
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25-54 | 6031 (63.21) | 2169 (61.32) | 508 (55.1) |
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55-74 | 1861 (19.54) | 436 (12.32) | 214 (23.2) |
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Gender |
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Male | 4896 (51.31) | 1859 (52.54) | 456 (49.4) | 3213 (2); .20 |
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Female | 4645 (48.68) | 1679 (47.45) | 466 (50.6) |
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Educational level |
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Primary or lower secondary education (international standard classification of education, ISCED 3 or 4) | 1415 (14.83) | 529 (14.83) | 184 (19.9) | 45.2 (2); <.001 |
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Upper secondary education (ISCED 3 or 4) | 4306 (45.13) | 1670 (47.18) | 464 (50.3) |
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Tertiary education (ISCED 5 or 6) | 3819 (40.03) | 1340 (37.86) | 274 (29.8) |
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Occupation |
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Employed or self-employed (including family workers) | 5644 (59.16) | 2091 (59.10) | 454 (49.3) | 131.2 (6); <.001 |
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Unemployed | 892 (9.35) | 315 (8.90) | 128 (13.9) |
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Student (not in the workforce) | 1239 (12.98) | 642 (18.14) | 126 (13.7) |
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Other not in the workforce (eg, retired or inactive) | 1765 (18.50) | 490 (13.84) | 213 (23.7) |
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Type of locality |
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Densely populated area (cities and large towns) | 3660 (38.36) | 1469 (41.52) | 338 (36.7) | 48.6 (2); <.001 |
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Intermediate area (towns) | 3609 (37.82) | 1423 (40.22) | 375 (40.7) |
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Thinly populated area (village and rural) | 2272 (23.81) | 646 (18.25) | 208 (22.6) |
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Presence of long-standing illness or health problem | |||||
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Yes | 3819 (40.02) | 1473 (41.63) | 364 (39.5) | 4566 (2); .10 |
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No | 5422 (56.82) | 1918 (54.21) | 510 (55.4) |
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Long-term medical treatment |
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Yes | 3197 (33.50) | 1228 (34.71) | 307 (33.3) | 2146 (2); .34 |
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No | 6269 (65.70) | 2266 (64.05) | 596 (64.7) |
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Comorbidities |
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No health problem | 5317 (55.72) | 1690 (47.76) | 565 (61.3) | 156.8 (4); .001 |
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One health problem | 2122 (22.24) | 722 (20.4) | 167 (18.2) |
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Two or more health problems | 2101 (22.02) | 1126 (31.82) | 189 (20.5) |
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