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. 2020 Dec 22;128(12):127011. doi: 10.1289/EHP6729

Table 1.

Distribution of 29,697 cases of ADHD and 9,770,746 person-years at risk in the overall cohort.

Number of cases with ADHD Number of person-years at risk in total in the cohort Incidence rate per 10,000 person-years
Year of birth
 1992–1996 10,253 4,682,352.47 21.9
 1997–2001 10,655 3,096,788.89 34.4
 2002–2007 8,789 1,991,604.54 44.1
Sex
 Male 20,420 4,973,694.16 41.1
 Female 9,277 4,797,051.74 19.3
Region in Denmark
 North Denmark 2,751 1,102,336.62 25.0
 Central Denmark 8,112 2,363,555.83 34.3
 South Denmark 5,667 2,215,020.19 25.6
 Capital region 8,591 2,707,981.79 31.7
 Zealand 4,576 1,381,851.48 33.1
Degree of urbanization at birtha
 Capital 3,171 1,136,790.33 27.9
 Capital suburb 4,010 1,201,872.57 33.4
 Municipalities with a town with >100,000 inhabitants 2,966 1,171,198.67 25.3
 Municipalities with a town with 10,000–100,000 inhabitants 8,893 2,773,159.44 32.1
 Other municipalities (largest town <10,000 inhabitants) 10,621 3,481,479.72 30.5
 Missing 36 6,245.17 90
Mother’s level of educationa
 Primary school 11,409 2,169,404.59 52.6
 Short education 13,463 4,947,213.78 27.2
 Medium long education 3,908 2,036,361.2 19.2
 Long education 720 580,955.64 12.4
 Missing 197 36,810.71 53.5
Father’s level of educationa
 Primary school 10,919 2,124,245.83 51.4
 Short education 15,169 5,540,432.09 27.4
 Medium long education 1,954 1,171,251.65 16.7
 Long education 1,049 832,717.29 12.6
 Missing 606 102,099.03 59.3
Mother’s level of incomeb
 Below the 20th percentile 824 194,441.59 42.4
 20th to the 40th percentile 4,393 839,004.45 52.4
 40th to the 60th percentile 14,085 3,752,154.26 37.5
 60th to the 80th percentile 8,497 3,773,234.86 22.5
 Above the 80th percentile 1,898 1,211,910.73 15.7
Father’s level of incomeb
 Below the 20th percentile 585 113,376.48 51.6
 20th to the 40th percentile 2,207 391,452.09 56.4
 40th to the 60th percentile 4,892 982,753.53 49.8
 60th to the 80th percentile 10,990 3,187,737.30 34.5
 Above the 80th percentile 11,002 5,092,107.37 21.6
 Missing 21 3,319.14 63.3
Accumulated mean NDVI (210m×210m) in deciles
 1st decile (−0,588142–0,162019) 3,413 1,181,692.12 28.9
 2nd decile (0,1625203–0,2542293) 3,227 1,116,921.65 28.9
 3rd decile (0,2542301–0,3145785) 3,115 1,057,289.32 29.5
 4th decile (0,3145791–0,3618568) 2,989 998,719.91 29.92
 5th decile (0,3618578–0,4039548) 3,048 953,622.57 32.0
 6th decile (0,4039552–0,4422902) 2,931 911,696.23 32.1
 7th decile (0,4422906–0,4770624) 2,828 870,574.88 32.5
 8th decile (0,4770632–0,5123291) 2,881 863,872.45 33.3
 9th decile (0,5123299–0,5561148) 2,761 888,147.35 31.1
 10th decile (0,5561150–0,7973234) 2,504 928,209.42 27.0

Note: Cohort consisted of 814,689 children born 1992–2007. ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; NDVI, normalized difference vegetation index.

a

Highest finished education measured at the end of the year of the child’s birth.

b

Level of income at the year of the child’s birth.