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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Utilization of health care services before and after media attention about fatal side effects of the AstraZeneca vaccine: a nation-wide register-based event study

 

AstraZeneca

Comparison group

N

99,883

186,387

Person-days

1,356,733

2,520,648

Mean (SD) age

42.3 (12.9)

41.9 (12.9)

Women, N (%)

82,457 (82.6)

156,602 (84)

Norwegian born, N (%)

82,631 (82.7)

148,197 (79.5)

Occupational groups

 Physicians, N (%)

6226 (6.2)

11,882 (6.4)

 Health professionals, N (%)

33,522 (33.6)

59,676 (32.0)

 Health associate professionals, N (%)

6110 (6.1)

9794 (5.3)

 Personal care workers, N (%)

52,989 (53.1)

102,995 (55.3)

 Cleaners, N (%)

1036 (1.0)

2040 (1.1)

Daily health care use per 1000 HCWs

 Two weeks prior to March 11th

  All health care

10.5

13.4

  Primary care

10.2

12.4

  Inpatient specialist care

0.3

1.2

 First week after March 11th

  All health care

19

13.7

  Primary care

18.5

12.5

  Inpatient specialist care

0.7

1.3

 Second week after March 11th

  All health care

18.5

12.9

  Primary care

17.9

12

  Inpatient specialist care

0.9

1.0

  1. SD: Standard deviation