Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of included patients, 2013-2018.
| Number of patients (%) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||||||||
| Age (years) | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 69382 | (28.36) | 76073 | (27.69) | 80713 | (27.52) | 84434 | (27.23) | 88209 | (27.25) | 95589 | (27.41) | |
| 45-64 | 107308 | (43.87) | 122116 | (44.45) | 129030 | (43.99) | 134851 | (43.49) | 139719 | (43.16) | 147865 | (42.40) | |
| 65 up | 67936 | (27.77) | 76550 | (27.86) | 83588 | (28.50) | 90792 | (29.28) | 95812 | (29.60) | 105263 | (30.19) | |
| Sex | |||||||||||||
| Male | 90616 | (37.04) | 101609 | (36.98) | 109247 | (37.24) | 116328 | (37.52) | 119893 | (37.03) | 127958 | (36.69) | |
| Female | 154010 | (62.96) | 173130 | (63.02) | 184084 | (62.76) | 193749 | (62.48) | 203847 | (62.97) | 220759 | (63.31) | |