Table 1. Drug treatment for patients with a new depression diagnosis in 2015, and time from date of diagnosis to first drug dispensing, by education, sex, and age.
| Patients treated with drugs for depression | Number of days from index date to first drug dispensing | ||||||||
| No | Yes | 0– 7 | 8– 31 | 32– 183 | 184– 365 | ||||
| Total, n | n | % | n | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Educational level | |||||||||
| Low | 15 024 | 10 130 | 67.4 | 4894 | 32.6 | 17.8 | 4.4 | 7.1 | 3.3 |
| Medium | 20 015 | 13 624 | 68.1 | 6391 | 31.9 | 18.6 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 2.8 |
| High | 14 380 | 10 168 | 70.7 | 4212 | 29.3 | 16.1 | 3.9 | 6.5 | 2.7 |
| Missing | 548 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Women | 30 775 | 21 421 | 69.6 | 9354 | 30.4 | 17.2 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 2.8 |
| Men | 19 192 | 12 868 | 67.0 | 6324 | 33.0 | 18.3 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 3.1 |
| Age group, years | |||||||||
| 20–29 | 10 975 | 7434 | 67.7 | 3541 | 32.3 | 17.0 | 4.6 | 7.3 | 3.4 |
| 30–39 | 10 157 | 7215 | 71.0 | 2942 | 29.0 | 14.9 | 4.2 | 6.9 | 3.0 |
| 40–49 | 10 951 | 7736 | 70.6 | 3215 | 29.4 | 15.2 | 4.5 | 6.8 | 2.9 |
| 50–59 | 8921 | 6326 | 70.9 | 2595 | 29.1 | 16.0 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 3.0 |
| 60–69 | 5136 | 3548 | 69.1 | 1588 | 30.9 | 19.9 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 2.0 |
| ≥70 | 3827 | 2030 | 53.0 | 1797 | 47.0 | 34.1 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 2.8 |
| Total | 49 967 | 34 289 | 68.6 | 15 678 | 31.4 | 17.6 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 2.9 |
Educational level: low (primary school [grades 1–7] and lower-secondary school [grades ≤8–10]); medium (13 years, upper-secondary school); and high (>13 years, university and higher education).