Table 1.
Characteristics of the study sample before and after index date, national comparisons
| Treatment related to index date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Female | Male | DKa | Beforeb | After | |
| 30593 (100.0) | 17457 (57.1) | 13136 (42.9) | 5376 (17.6) | 25217 (82.4) | ||
| Age group | ||||||
| 20–29 | 6722 (22.0) | 3959 (22.7) | 2763 (21.0) | 20.9 | 1657 (24.7) | 5065 (75.3) |
| 30–39 | 7183 (23.5) | 4266 (24.4) | 2917 (22.2) | 21.4 | 1406 (19.6) | 5777 (80.4) |
| 40–49 | 7674 (25.1) | 4299 (24.6) | 3375 (25.7) | 25.0 | 1207 (15.7) | 6467 84.3) |
| 50–59 | 6588 (21.5) | 3605 (20.7) | 2983 (22.7) | 22.3 | 882 (13.4) | 5706 (86.6) |
| 60–64 | 2426 (7.9) | 1328 (7.6) | 1098 (8.4) | 10.5 | 224 (9.2) | 2202 (90.8) |
| Education | ||||||
| < 10 years | 9992 (32.7) | 5341 (30.6) | 4651 (35.4) | 10 | 1760 (17.6) | 8232 (82.4) |
| 10-12 years | 12766 (41.7) | 7125 (40.8) | 5641 (42.9) | 62 | 2140 (16.8) | 10626 (83.2) |
| 12 + years | 6569 (21.5) | 4357 (25.0) | 2212 (16.8) | 15 | 1275 (19.4) | 5294 (80.6) |
| Not available | 1266 (4.1) | 634 (3.6) | 632 (4.8) | 4 | 201 (15.9) | 1065 (84.1) |
| Income | ||||||
| Lower 33% | 10114 (33.1) | 5529 (31.7) | 4585 (34.9) | 2095 (20.7) | 8019 (79.3) | |
| Middle quantile | 10419 (34.1) | 6101 (34.9) | 4318 (32.9) | 1765 (16.9) | 8654 (83.1) | |
| Upper 33% | 10060 (32.9) | 5827 (33.4) | 4233 (32.2) | 1516 (15.1) | 8544 (84.9) | |
| Employment status | ||||||
| Employed/student | 19765 (64.6) | 11352 (65.0) | 8413 (64.0) | 79 | 3295 (16.7) | 16470 (83.3) |
| Not employed | 5554 (18.2) | 3118 (17.9) | 2436 (18.5) | 9 | 1182 (21.3) | 4372 (78.7) |
| Retired | 3887 (12.7) | 2189 (12.5) | 1698 (12.9) | 9 | 620 (16.0) | 3267 (84.0) |
| Other | 1387 (4.5) | 798 (4.6) | 589 (4.5) | 3 | 279 (20.1) | 1108 (79.9) |
| Cohabitating | ||||||
| Single | 12944 (42.3) | 6846 (39.2) | 6098 (46.4) | 45 | 2646 (20.4) | 10298 (79.6) |
| Cohabitating | 17649 (57.7) | 10611 (60.8) | 7038 (53.6) | 55 | 2730 (15.5) | 14919 (84.5) |
| Number of chronic somatic conditions | ||||||
| 0- | 26861 (87.8) | 15564 (89.2) | 11297 (86.0) | 4879 (18.2) | 21982 (81.8) | |
| 1- | 3239 (10.6) | 1653 (9.5) | 1586 (12.1) | 451 (13.9) | 2788 (86.1) | |
| 2- | 493 (1.6) | 240 (1.4) | 253 (1.9) | 46 (9.3) | 447 (90.7) | |
| Comorbidity psychiatric | ||||||
| No | 22940 (75.0) | 13211 (75.7) | 9729 (74.1) | 2594 (11.3) | 20346 (88.7) | |
| Yes | 7653 (25.0) | 4246 (24.3) | 3407 (25.9) | 2782 (36.1) | 4871 (63.6) | |
| Treatment before index date¤ | ||||||
| No | 25217 (82.4) | 14337 (82.1) | 10880 (82.8) | |||
| Yes | 5376 (17.6) | 3120 (17.9) | 2256 (17.2) | |||
| 30593 (100.0) | ||||||
aStatistics Denmark: www.statistikbanken.dk accessed august 2016. Data of age group 20–64 years as of January 2013
bRow percentage mental health care treatment before the date of first redeemed antidepressant