Table 1 Characteristics and numbers of reported health centre visits (> 1) and hospital visits (yes) during the last twelve months. Data from the HeSSup questionnaire in 2012 (n = 11,924)

SOCIAL FACTORS

 Gender

-3.4

 < 0.001

-3.7

 < 0.001

  Male

4269

974 (22.8)

3969

1543 (38.9)

  Female

7292

1912 (26.2)

6735

2870 (42.6)

 Birth cohort

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

  1974–78

2440

495 (20.3)

2330

847 (36.4)

  1964–68

2391

461 (19.3)

2288

872 (38.1)

  1954–58

3058

637 (20.8)

2865

1231 (43.0)

  1944–48

3672

1293 (35.2)

3221

1463 (45.4)

 Native language

-1.5

0.271

2.5

0.127

  Finnish

10,397

2580 (24.8)

9636

3996 (41.5)

  Swedish

1164

306 (26.3)

1068

417 (39.0)

 Education

10.5

 < 0.001

3.0

0.002

  Lower

7704

2181 (28.3)

7041

2973 (42.2)

  Higher

3784

674 (17.8)

3612

1415 (39.2)

HEALTH STATUS

 Chronic disease

-18.6

 < 0.001

-22.6

 < 0.001

  No

3684

453 (12.3)

3531

921 (26.1)

  Yes

7877

2433 (30.9)

7173

3492 (48.7)

 Health status

-32.2

 < 0.001

-33.4

 < 0.001

  Good

10,858

2513 (23.1)

10,121

4001 (39.5)

  Poor

645

357 (55.4)

539

393 (72.9)

 Smoking

-4.0

0.001

-0.7

0.598

  No

9149

2239 (24.5)

8511

3497 (41.1)

  Yes

1490

425 (28.5)

1367

572 (41.8)

 Obesity (BMI)

-7.4

 < 0.001

-5.4

 < 0.001

   < 25 kg/m²

4984

1033 (20.7)

4646

1776 (38.2)

   ≥ 25 kg/m²

6453

1814 (28.1)

5947

2591 (43.6)

 Functional limitations

-26.7

 < 0.001

-21.6

 < 0.001

  NYHA 0–1

10,396

2320 (22.3)

9700

3806 (39.2)

  NYHA 2–4

1118

548 (49.0)

972

591 (60.8)

 Depressive mood (BDI)

-18.5

 < 0.001

-15.8

 < 0.001

   < 19

10,926

2634 (24.1)

10,158

4116 (40.5)

   ≥ 19

519

221 (42.6)

460

259 (56.3)

REGIONAL SERVICE CHARACTERISTICS

 Named GP^a

-10.5

 < 0.001

-5.0

 < 0.001

  No

3192

637 (20.0)

2992

1147 (38.3)

  Yes

4007

1222 (30.5)

3698

1601 (43.3)