Table 1 Characteristics of the study population in three Nordic capital areas in 2000 and 2015
Copenhagen | Helsinki | Stockholm | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | 2000 | 2015 | 2000 | 2015 | 2000 | 2015 |
Total study population (n) | 626,931 | 788,263 | 342,503 | 442,623 | 715,305 | 897,841 |
Gender (%) | ||||||
Female | 54.3 | 52.2 | 57.3 | 55.4 | 53.7 | 52.0 |
Male | 45.7 | 47.8 | 42.7 | 44.6 | 46.3 | 48.0 |
Age group (%) | ||||||
45–49 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 17.3 |
50–54 | 18.0 | 17.8 | 21.9 | 16.6 | 17.7 | 16.2 |
55–59 | 16.1 | 14.6 | 15.7 | 14.6 | 16.8 | 13.8 |
60–64 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 13.5 | 11.4 | 12.3 |
65–69 | 9.7 | 11.9 | 9.4 | 13.9 | 9.0 | 12.5 |
70–74 | 8.7 | 9.8 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 10.6 |
75–79 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 8.3 | 6.8 |
80–84 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 4.7 |
85 + | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
Living alone (%) | ||||||
No | 59.7 | 60.2 | 70.5 | 68.5 | 61.0 | 62.0 |
Yes | 40.3 | 39.8 | 29.5 | 31.5 | 39.0 | 38.0 |
Education (%) | ||||||
Tertiary | 22.7 | 35.2 | 33.3 | 44.4 | 26.3 | 33.6 |
Secondary | 35.3 | 39.7 | 24.0 | 28.2 | 32.8 | 46.5 |
Primary | 28.9 | 21.9 | 42.7 | 27.4 | 20.6 | 18.2 |
NA | 13.1 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 20.2 | 1.6 |
Income quintile (%) | ||||||
Highest | 30.8 | 28.3 | 37.6 | 36.1 | 22.7 | 25.8 |
4 | 16.7 | 17.9 | 19.5 | 19.7 | 21.5 | 20.2 |
3 | 13.8 | 16.2 | 15.6 | 15.9 | 20.3 | 18.9 |
2 | 17.3 | 17.5 | 15.5 | 14.0 | 19.8 | 19.2 |
Lowest | 18.5 | 17.9 | 9.6 | 12.5 | 12.7 | 13.2 |
NA | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 |