Table 2.
Age- and Gender-Specific Prevalence of Various Arrhythmias Among Old Adults in Sweden.
| Characteristics | Total (n = 6,904) n (%) | Atrial fibrillation n (%) |
AV block n (%) | Other arrhythmias n (%) |
Pacemaker rhythm n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 6,904 (100) | 341 (4.9) | 488 (7.1) | 579 (8.4) | 88 (1.3) |
| Men | 2,843 (41.2) | 147 (5.2) | 194 (6.8) | 232 (8.2) | 39 (1.4) |
| Women | 4,061 (58.8) | 194 (4.8) | 294 (7.2) | 347 (8.5) | 49 (1.2) |
| Age, years | |||||
| 60, 66 | 2,832 (41.0) | 84 (3.0) | 170 (6.0) | 204 (7.2) | 25 (0.9) |
| Men | 1,345 (47.5) | 35 (2.6) | 67 (5.0) | 92 (6.8) | 11 (0.8) |
| Women | 1,487 (52.5) | 49 (3.3) | 103 (6.9) | 112 (7.5) | 14 (0.6) |
| 72, 78 | 1,695 (24.6) | 94 (5.5) | 122 (7.2) | 159 (9.4) | 20 (1.2) |
| Men | 696 (41.0) | 47 (6.8) | 53 (7.6) | 83 (11.9) | 10 (1.4) |
| Women | 999 (59.0) | 47 (4.7) | 69 (6.9) | 96 (9.6) | 10 (1.0) |
| 81, 84, 87 | 1,687 (24.4) | 124 (7.4) | 140 (8.3) | 172 (10.2) | 31 (1.8) |
| Men | 629 (37.3) | 55 (8.7) | 54 (8.6) | 65 (10.3) | 13 (2.0) |
| Women | 1,058 (62.7) | 69 (6.5) | 86 (8.1) | 107 (10.1) | 18 (1.7) |
| 90+ | 690 (10.0) | 39 (5.7) | 56 (8.1) | 44 (6.4) | 12 (1.7) |
| Men | 173 (25.1) | 15 (8.7) | 20 (11.6) | 12 (6.9) | 5 (2.9) |
| Women | 517 (74.9) | 24 (4.6) | 36 (7.0) | 32 (6.2) | 7 (1.4) |
Note. AV = atrioventricular.