Table 1.

The distribution of covariates, divided by mental disorder or not before the study period.

	Mental disorder		No mental disorder		Cohen's ha
	N	%	N	%
Sex (% men)	68,793	35	670,330	51	−0.32
Age group
18–49	108,285	55	654,894	50
50–69	60,861	31	427,259	32
70+	26,419	14	238,552	18
Living in care home	3484	2	12,946	1
Country of birth
Sweden	148,426	76	947,430	72
Other Nordic countries	6320	3	44,959	3
Middle East	11,260	6	72,233	5
South Europe	5807	3	45,961	3
North and East Africa	3374	2	36,078	3
Other OECD countries	3813	2	31,627	2
Other countries	16,565	8	142,417	11
Education
≤9 yrs	27,256	14	162,641	12
10–12 yrs	75,832	39	484,313	37
>12 yrs	92,477	47	673,751	51
Income, quintiles
Lowest	48,861	25	219,304	17	0.20
2nd	45,968	24	254,411	19
3rd	40,088	20	265,103	20
4th	34,351	18	281,803	21
Highest	26,297	13	300,084	23	−0.26
Socioeconomically vulnerable area	16,882	9	102,562	8
Proportion with inpatient COVID-19 diagnosis in area, quintiles
Lowest	36,665	19	260,276	20
2nd	37,251	19	266,258	20
3rd	44,022	23	281,952	21
4th	39,296	20	258,752	20
Highest	38,331	20	253,467	19
Household size
1	60,853	31	285,839	22	0.20
2	56,359	29	425,768	32
3	31,592	16	216,016	16
4	28,663	15	233,734	18
5	11,287	6	93,989	7
6+	6811	3	65,359	5
Crowded housing	26,116	13	196,543	15
Job exposure
No occupation	71,761	37	434,540	33
Work from home >50%	58,954	30	461,132	35
Work from home <50%	47,393	24	331,063	25
Work from home <50%, healthcare	17,457	9	93,970	7
Healthcare visits, outside home
0	32,818	17	545,827	41	−0.54
1–5	78,314	40	532,510	40
>5	84,433	43	242,368	18	0.55
Healthcare visits, in home
0	179,614	92	1,263,218	96
1–5	8627	4	32,848	2
>5	7324	4	24,639	2
Somatic disorders
Obesity	13,409	7	43,065	3
CVD	9390	5	57,682	4
Cancer	10,531	5	73,819	6
Diabetes	15,217	8	87,031	7
COPD	7248	4	25,863	2
Kidney	5081	3	28,732	2
Psychotropics
Benzodiazepines	50,286	26	91,000	7	0.53
Atypical neuroleptics	17,776	9	6046	0,5	0.47

Cohen's h = Standardized difference of proportions. Cohen's h > 0.20 indicates small effect size, >0.50 moderate effect size, >0.80 large effect size (Cohen, 1988).

^aCohen's h < 0.20 were omitted from the table.