Table 2.

Cumulative rates of stroke (per 1000 individuals) in men and women in neighborhoods with high/middle/low SES

	Men				Women
	High	Middle	Low	All	High	Middle	Low	All
Year at entry*
1998-2000	4.05	5.08	6.27	5.10	2.93	3.71	5.01	3.77
2001-2003	3.27	3.89	4.33	3.85	2.22	2.63	4.54	2.86
2004-2006	2.01	2.68	3.36	2.66	1.76	2.34	3.20	2.35
2007-2010	1.25	1.66	2.05	1.64	1.21	1.55	1.82	1.52
Marital status
Married	2.19	2.49	3.38	2.55	1.76	2.10	2.94	2.13
Unmarried	2.87	3.26	3.69	3.27	1.73	2.55	3.59	2.56
Divorced	1.42	4.24	5.15	4.09	3.17	2.90	4.30	3.28
Widowed	0.00	2.13	0.00	1.32	5.18	3.85	3.02	3.84
Educational level
Compulsory	4.17	4.41	5.29	4.59	3.80	4.07	4.46	4.16
Secondary school	2.28	3.21	4.15	3.21	2.45	2.82	4.59	3.02
College/university	2.24	2.24	2.60	2.29	1.51	1.67	2.07	1.67
Unknown	1.82	2.04	2.42	2.17	0.49	1.52	1.76	1.51
Immigrant status
Born in Sweden	2.35	3.04	3.92	3.00	1.94	2.45	3.92	2.50
Born outside	2.89	2.78	3.49	3.10	1.23	1.79	2.66	2.06
Region of residence
Big cities	2.54	3.02	4.09	3.14	1.70	2.51	3.15	2.45
Southern Sweden	1.92	2.74	3.16	2.65	1.82	2.22	3.77	2.37
Northern Sweden	2.90	3.46	4.07	3.43	2.40	2.38	3.62	2.53
Unknown				0.00				0.00
Hospital diagnosis of hypertension
Non	1.75	2.14	2.54	2.13	1.59	1.84	2.45	1.88
Yes	29.06	30.84	38.80	32.07	17.35	25.26	35.88	26.06
Hospital diagnosis of diabetes
Non	2.23	2.65	3.33	2.68	1.81	2.14	2.97	2.20
Yes	12.52	19.62	17.41	18.11	8.96	17.59	23.31	17.70
Hospital diagnosis of atrial fibrillation
Non	2.33	2.87	3.66	2.90	1.86	2.31	3.30	2.37
Yes	9.52	18.82	16.86	16.77	11.58	27.60	45.14	28.21
Hospital diagnosis of heart failure
Non	2.30	2.90	3.58	2.90	1.86	2.32	3.32	2.38
Yes	46.03	35.77	40.32	38.13	21.90	36.19	47.01	36.83
All	2.39	3.01	3.76	3.02	1.88	2.37	3.44	2.44