Table 1.
Incidence rate and cumulative incidence for post-COVID-19 condition diagnosis among COVID-19 cases stratified according to the initial care requirement for COVID-19. COVID-19 cases from the two largest regions in Sweden, Stockholm and Västra Götaland, including both primary healthcare data and inpatient/outpatient specialist healthcare data, until February 15, 2022.
| Acute COVID-19 care level | Incidence rate (per 100 person-years) |
Cumulative incidence (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-hospitalized | Hospitalized, non-ICU | Hospitalized, ICU | Overall | Non-hospitalized | Hospitalized, non-ICU | Hospitalized, ICU | Overall | |
| Overall | 1.4 | 7.1 | 36.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 8.3 | 36.9 | 2.0 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Men | 0.9 | 6.9 | 34.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 35.9 | 1.6 |
| Women | 1.8 | 7.4 | 40.8 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 8.7 | 39.2 | 2.3 |
| Age groupa (years) | ||||||||
| 18-34 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 18.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 20.9 | 0.8 |
| 35-44 | 1.6 | 8.0 | 46.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 9.3 | 41.0 | 2.0 |
| 45-54 | 2.0 | 10.8 | 42.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 12.5 | 43.4 | 2.8 |
| 55-64 | 2.1 | 10.5 | 40.4 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 12.2 | 40.9 | 3.5 |
| ≥65 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 31.0 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 5.9 | 31.3 | 2.5 |
| Region of birth | ||||||||
| Africa | 1.0 | 6.0 | 31.1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 7.4 | 35.9 | 2.0 |
| Asia and Oceania | 1.5 | 6.8 | 34.4 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 8.1 | 36.2 | 2.3 |
| Europeb | 1.6 | 7.3 | 37.8 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 8.7 | 37.6 | 2.7 |
| North and South America | 1.9 | 8.3 | 39.5 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 10.1 | 41.7 | 3.0 |
| Sweden | 1.3 | 7.1 | 36.7 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 8.2 | 36.2 | 1.8 |
| Unknown | 1.8 | 8.2 | 47.2 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 9.3 | 43.0 | 2.5 |
| Education | ||||||||
| Primary school | 1.0 | 4.8 | 31.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 31.6 | 1.8 |
| Secondary school | 1.3 | 7.8 | 39.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 9.1 | 39.3 | 2.0 |
| Tertiary school | 1.6 | 8.4 | 38.0 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 9.7 | 39.0 | 2.1 |
| Unknown | 0.6 | 3.8 | 26.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 28.0 | 1.2 |
| Virus variantc | ||||||||
| Mix of virus variants | 1.3 | 4.7 | 27.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 6.6 | 33.3 | 2.2 |
| Alpha VOC | 1.5 | 15.7 | 76.0 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 12.4 | 45.2 | 1.9 |
| Delta VOC | 1.5 | 20.5 | 114.7 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 8.7 | 39.6 | 1.1 |
ICU, intensive care unit; VOC, variant of concern.
a
Age on study start 31 January 2020.
b
Not including Sweden.
c
Virus variants corresponding to specific time periods. In Sweden, a combination of virus variants predominated from February 2020 to January 2021, followed by the Alpha VOC from February 2021 to June 2021, and the Delta VOC from July 2021 to December 2021.