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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics for the study population

From: Inequity in waiting for cataract surgery - an analysis of data from the Swedish National Cataract Register

 

Number

Percent

Women

Men

Native country

    

 Sweden

89,563

87.4

53,266

36,297

 Nordic countries except Sweden

5726

5.6

3879

1847

 European countries except the Nordic ones

4180

4.1

2415

1765

 Other countries

3063

2.9

1682

1381

Education

    

 No reported education

1568

1.5

980

588

 Elementary school

42,301

41.3

26,169

16,132

 Upper secondary school/High school

38,086

37.1

22,463

15,623

 University level

20,577

20.1

11,630

8947

Occupation

    

 Retired

84,583

82.5

51,623

32,960

 Employed

17,949

17.5

9619

8330

Age

    

 40 – 65

21,024

20.5

11,372

9652

 66 – 75

36,552

35.7

22,119

14,433

 76 – 85

36,655

35.7

22,666

13,989

≥86

8301

8.1

5085

3216

Annual income in SEK.

    

 <70 000

8889

8.7

6217

2672

 70149 000

33,190

32.4

28,058

5132

 150–249 000

36,296

35.4

17,791

18,505

 250–449 000

17,881

17.4

7277

10,604

 450649 000

3572

3.5

1056

2516

 >650 000

2704

2.6

843

1861

Total

102,532

100

61,242

41,290

  1. N = 102 532 (61,242 women and 41,290 men)