Table 5.
Socioeconomic inequalities in the use of various preventive care activities
| Activity | SPR (95% CI)* | Rate difference | Rate ratio | RII (95% CI) adjusted for age, sex | RII (95% CI) adjusted for age, sex, SAH | ||
| Two lowest groups | Two highest groups | ||||||
| Education | Blood pressure | 75.77 (74.38 to 77.17) | 88.28 (86.24 to 90.36) | 12.51 | 1.17 | 6.37 (5.61 to 7.24) | 6.67 (5.87 to 7.59) |
| Cholesterol | 9.69 (9.22 to 10.19) | 32.12 (30.85 to 33.44) | 22.43 | 3.31 | 18.17 (15.91 to 20.74) | 21.27 (18.53 to 24.41) | |
| Blood glucose | 8.47 (8.03 to 8.94) | 30.21 (28.98 to 31.49) | 21.74 | 3.57 | 24.61 (21.36 to 28.36) | 30.31 (26.13 to 35.15) | |
| ECG | 3.17 (2.90 to 3.46) | 13.74 (12.92 to 14.60) | 10.57 | 4.33 | 25.45 (20.72 to 31.20) | 30.90 (24.97 to 38.23) | |
| Income | Blood pressure | 75.17 (73.54 to 76.83) | 86.28 (84.54 to 88.05) | 11.11 | 1.15 | 3.34 (2.99 to 3.72) | 3.40 (3.04 to 3.79) |
| Cholesterol | 8.61 (8.06 to 9.17) | 26.54 (25.57 to 25.53) | 17.93 | 3.08 | 9.20 (8.15 to 10.40) | 9.76 (8.63 to 11.02) | |
| Blood glucose | 8.11 (7.59 to 8.66) | 24.29 (23.36 to 35.54) | 16.18 | 3.00 | 10.81 (9.49 to 12.30) | 11.59 (10.18 to 13.20) | |
| ECG | 3.03 (2.71 to 3.37) | 10.78 (10.14 to 11.40) | 7.73 | 3.55 | 12.42 (10.23 to 15.07) | 12.96 (10.68 to 15.73) | |
*Prevalence rate per 100 persons, age and sex standardised to the total population.
SAH, self-assessed health; SPR, standardised prevalence rate; RII, r elative index of inequality.