Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics at the Index Date by Solvent Exposure

Characteristic	No solvents exposure (N=93,773)		Any solvent exposure (N=60,080)
	n	%	n	%
Sex
Male	47,796	52.5%	45,712	73.2%
Female	43,323	47.5%	16,782	26.8%
Age (years)
<45	10,565	11.6%	7,874	12.6%
45–54	22,990	25.2%	16,426	26.3%
55–64	37,199	40.8%	25,579	40.9%
65–74	20,365	22.4%	12,615	20.2%
Socioeconomic status
Academics and managers	12,448	13.7%	5,065	8.1%
High-s alary positions	15,003	16.5%	7,610	12.2%
Low-salary positions	17,418	13.1%	10,221	16.4%
Skilled workers	25,827	28.3%	22,090	35.3%
Unskilled workers	12,450	13.7%	11,578	18.5%
Unknown	7,973	8.8%	5,930	9.5%
Residential location
Copenhagen	9,416	10.3%	5,855	9.4%
Copenhagen suburbs	22,124	24.3%	14,963	23.9%
Aarhus/Odense	8,993	9.9%	6,077	9.7%
Provincial towns	37,082	40.7%	25,535	40.9%
Rural areas	13,183	14.5%	9,854	15.8%
Greenland	89	0.1%	49	0.1%
Unknown	232	0.2%	161	0.2%
Marital status
Married	63,156	69.3%	40,547	64.9%
Unmarried	11,119	12.2%	9,006	14.4%
Divorced	11,898	13.1%	10,279	16.5%
Widowed	4,772	5.2%	2,582	4.1%
Unknown	174	0.2%	80	0.1%