Table 1 Odds ratios (OR) of having some expenditure, relative expenditure (RE) and mortality OR in relation to income groups (i.e., quintiles) among the 249,855 men aged 40 to 80 years living in the country of Skåne, Sweden during 1999. The group with the highest income is use as reference in the comparisons.
From: Social inequalities in health- do they diminish with age? Revisiting the question in Sweden 1999
Age group | Contact Health Care system (yes vs. no) | Relative Expenditure | Death (yes vs. no) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% of men | OR (95% CI) | RE (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | ||||||||
40–59 | 67 | ||||||||||
Age (one year) | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.02 | 0.94 | 1.11 | 1.10 | 1.08 | 1.11 | ||
Income quintiles | |||||||||||
1st (highest income) | 66 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||
2nd | 71 | 1.13 | 1.09 | 1.17 | 1.16 | 1.16 | 1.16 | 1.35 | 0.94 | 1.93 | |
3rd | 67 | 1.21 | 1.17 | 1.25 | 1.29 | 1.25 | 1.33 | 1.44 | 1.01 | 2.06 | |
4th | 66 | 1.42 | 1.37 | 1.47 | 1.69 | 1.64 | 1.74 | 2.82 | 2.05 | 3.87 | |
5ve (lowest income) | 63 | 1.15 | 1.11 | 1.18 | 1.89 | 1.84 | 1.95 | 4.12 | 3.04 | 5.59 | |
60–64 | 78 | ||||||||||
Age (one year) | 1.04 | 1.02 | 1.06 | 1.04 | 0.41 | 2.61 | 1.17 | 1.08 | 1.27 | ||
Income quintiles | |||||||||||
1st (highest income) | 74 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||
2nd | 79 | 1.11 | 1.02 | 1.22 | 1.14 | 1.12 | 1.15 | 1.03 | 0.62 | 1.71 | |
3rd | 79 | 1.10 | 1.00 | 1.20 | 1.23 | 1.15 | 1.32 | 1.67 | 1.06 | 2.63 | |
4th | 79 | 1.10 | 1.00 | 1.20 | 1.36 | 1.27 | 1.45 | 2.79 | 1.84 | 4.25 | |
5ve (lowest income) | 77 | 0.83 | 0.76 | 0.91 | 1.49 | 1.39 | 1.59 | 3.59 | 2.39 | 5.39 | |
65–70 | 83 | ||||||||||
Age (one year) | 1.08 | 1.06 | 1.10 | 1.05 | 0.46 | 2.37 | 1.11 | 1.06 | 1.17 | ||
Income quintiles | |||||||||||
1st (highest income) | 77 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||
2nd | 82 | 0.97 | 0.87 | 1.07 | 1.14 | 1.13 | 1.15 | 1.09 | 0.78 | 1.50 | |
3rd | 83 | 0.85 | 0.76 | 0.94 | 1.14 | 1.07 | 1.21 | 1.57 | 1.17 | 2.13 | |
4th | 85 | 0.76 | 0.68 | 0.84 | 1.12 | 1.05 | 1.20 | 1.68 | 1.25 | 2.25 | |
5ve (lowest income) | 86 | 0.57 | 0.52 | 0.63 | 1.25 | 1.18 | 1.34 | 2.32 | 1.75 | 3.08 | |
71–74 | 87 | ||||||||||
Age (one year) | 1.10 | 1.06 | 1.14 | 1.06 | 0.20 | 5.64 | 1.10 | 1.02 | 1.18 | ||
Income quintiles | |||||||||||
1st (highest income) | 81 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||
2nd | 86 | 0.66 | 0.56 | 0.78 | 1.02 | 1.00 | 1.05 | 1.18 | 0.88 | 1.59 | |
3rd | 88 | 0.61 | 0.52 | 0.72 | 0.97 | 0.90 | 1.05 | 1.63 | 1.24 | 2.15 | |
4th | 89 | 0.52 | 0.45 | 0.61 | 1.00 | 0.92 | 1.08 | 1.37 | 1.03 | 1.82 | |
5ve (lowest income) | 92 | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.42 | 1.05 | 0.97 | 1.14 | 2.02 | 1.55 | 2.64 | |
75–80 | 91 | ||||||||||
Age (one year) | 1.05 | 1.02 | 1.08 | 1.04 | 0.38 | 2.88 | 1.08 | 1.04 | 1.12 | ||
Income quintiles | |||||||||||
1st (highest income) | 86 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||
2nd | 91 | 0.83 | 0.71 | 0.98 | 1.04 | 1.03 | 1.06 | 1.06 | 0.87 | 1.29 | |
3rd | 90 | 0.59 | 0.50 | 0.69 | 1.05 | 0.98 | 1.12 | 1.30 | 1.08 | 1.57 | |
4th | 93 | 0.61 | 0.52 | 0.71 | 1.02 | 0.95 | 1.09 | 1.33 | 1.11 | 1.60 | |
5ve (lowest income) | 94 | 0.39 | 0.33 | 0.45 | 0.96 | 0.90 | 1.03 | 1.49 | 1.24 | 1.78 | |