Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics at the Index Date by Sex.
| Characteristic | Men (n = 101,678) |
Women (n = 68,155) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| Age (years) | ||||
| <45 | 15,109 | 14.9% | 7705 | 11.3% |
| 45–54 | 26,592 | 25.2% | 16,614 | 24.4% |
| 55–64 | 39,186 | 38.5% | 27,878 | 40.9% |
| 65–74 | 20,791 | 20.4% | 15,958 | 23.4% |
| Socioeconomic status * | ||||
| Academics and managers | 11,154 | 11.0% | 8069 | 11.8% |
| High-salary positions | 14,366 | 14.1% | 10,465 | 15.4% |
| Low-salary positions | 17,092 | 16.8% | 13,282 | 19.5% |
| Skilled workers | 31,625 | 31.1% | 20,899 | 30.7% |
| Unskilled workers | 16,094 | 15.8% | 10,244 | 15.0% |
| Unknown | 11,347 | 11.6% | 5196 | 7.6% |
| Residence at birth | ||||
| Copenhagen | 10,148 | 10.0% | 6839 | 9.4% |
| Copenhagen suburbs | 24,002 | 23.6% | 16,907 | 24.8% |
| Aarhus/Odense | 10,040 | 9.9% | 6725 | 9.9% |
| Provincial towns | 41,607 | 40.9% | 27,518 | 40.4% |
| Rural areas | 15,443 | 15.2% | 10,016 | 14.7% |
| Greenland | 132 | 0.13% | 23 | 0.03% |
| Unknown | 306 | 0.3% | 127 | 0.2% |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 69,087 | 68.0% | 44,874 | 65.9% |
| Unmarried | 16,396 | 16.1% | 6768 | 9.9% |
| Divorced | 13,349 | 13.1% | 10,886 | 16.0% |
| Widowed | 2654 | 2.6% | 5542 | 8.1% |
| Unknown | 192 | 0.2% | 85 | 0.1% |
* Socioeconomic designation is for the highest level of either the subject or the subject’s spouse.