Table 1.
Characteristics of MS patients alive in 2013 and identified from the SMSreg and PAR, respectively, and by disability levels/categories for those identified in the SMSreg.
|
MS patients in SMSreg, by level of disability measured as EDSS |
All MS patients identified in SMSreg | All individuals with previous MS diagnosis in PAR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–3.5 | 4–5.5 | 6–6.5 | 7–9.5 | |||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Men | 1629 (27) | 275 (29) | 302 (31) | 303 (34) | 2588 (28) | 4548 (30)* |
| Women | 4481 (73) | 673 (71) | 659 (69) | 584 (66) | 6595 (72)* | 10,782 (70) |
| Age groups | ||||||
| 21–24 years old | 162 (3) | 6 (1) | 3 (0.3) | 1 (0.1) | 189 (2) | 326 (2) |
| 25–29 years old | 412 (7) | 16 (2) | 7 (1) | 4 (0.5) | 464 (5) | 731 (5) |
| 30–34 years old | 699 (11) | 33 (3) | 19 (2) | 14 (2) | 803 (9)* | 1226 (8) |
| 35–39 years old | 934 (15) | 70 (7) | 48 (5) | 28 (3) | 1121 (12)*** | 1640 (11) |
| 40–44 years old | 1003 (16) | 114 (12) | 75 (8) | 78 (9) | 1326 (14)** | 2020 (13) |
| 45–49 years old | 994 (16) | 187 (20) | 152 (16) | 123 (14) | 1498 (16) | 2421 (16) |
| 50–54 years old | 836 (14) | 169 (18) | 186 (19) | 169 (19) | 1388 (15) | 2334 (15) |
| 55–59 years old | 623 (10) | 176 (19) | 222 (23) | 222 (25) | 1266 (14) | 2336 (15)** |
| 60–64 years old | 447 (7) | 177 (19) | 249 (26) | 248 (28) | 1128 (12) | 2296 (15)*** |
| Education | ||||||
| ≤9 yearsa | 479 (8) | 145 (15) | 150 (16) | 156 (18) | 960 (10) | 1908 (12)*** |
| 10–12 years | 2774 (45) | 464 (49) | 503 (52) | 446 (50) | 4337 (47) | 7376 (48) |
| ≥13 years | 2857 (47) | 339 (36) | 308 (32) | 285 (32) | 3886 (42)*** | 6046 (39) |
| Country of birth | ||||||
| Sweden | 5522 (90) | 843 (89) | 859 (89) | 775 (87) | 8246 (90) | 13,655 (89) |
| Other than Sweden | 588 (10) | 105 (11) | 102 (11) | 112 (13) | 937 (10) | 1675 (11) |
| Type of living areab | ||||||
| Larger cities | 2692 (44) | 446 (47) | 369 (38) | 407 (46) | 3990 (43)*** | 5817 (38) |
| Medium-sized municipalities | 1914 (31) | 281 (30) | 320 (33) | 269 (30) | 2888 (31) | 5307 (35)*** |
| Smaller municipalities | 1504 (25) | 221 (23) | 272 (28) | 211 (24) | 2305 (25) | 4206 (27)*** |
| Geographical regionc | ||||||
| East Sweden | 2596 (42) | 426 (45) | 331 (34) | 379 (43) | 3801 (41)*** | 5872 (38) |
| South Sweden | 2247 (37) | 319 (34) | 414 (43) | 329 (37) | 3487 (38) | 6572 (43)*** |
| North Sweden | 1267 (21) | 203 (21) | 216 (22) | 179 (20) | 1895 (21)*** | 2886 (19) |
Results from two-tailed z-tests for all individuals identified from PAR versus SMSreg: *P≤0.05, **P≤0.01, ***P≤0.001. Bold indicates higher proportion among patients within a specific EDSS category, and italics indicate lower proportion in the EDSS category, as compared to all individuals identified from SMSreg, at P≤0.05, using two-tailed z-tests.
aIncludes 50 persons with missing educational level in the LISA register.
bBased on population density according to the H-region classification scheme: larger cities (H1–H2), medium-sized municipalities (H3–H4), or smaller municipalities (H5–H6), Statistics Sweden. Report no. MIS 2003:1.
cBased on Eurostat’s Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics classification (NUTS1): East Sweden (SE1), South Sweden (SE2), or North Sweden (SE3), European Union amendment No 105/2007 to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003.
EDSS: Expanded Disability Status Scale; MS: multiple sclerosis; n: number of people; PAR: the national patient register; SMSreg: the Swedish MS register.