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Table 2 Study population characteristics

From: Comparative observational study of mortality amenable by health policy and care between rural and urban Finland: no excess segregation of mortality in the capital despite its increasing residential differentiation

  

1992

2008

Study population

 

3 104 684

3 290 739

Gender

Men

48.8 %

49.6 %

Women

51.2 %

50.4 %

Age group

25–39 years

36.7 %

29.3 %

40–44 years

13.7 %

11.1 %

45–49 years

11.5 %

11.2 %

50–54 years

9.3 %

11.5 %

55–59 years

8.0 %

12.0 %

60–64 years

8.1 %

10.9 %

65–69 years

7.2 %

7.6 %

70–74 years

5.5 %

6.4 %

Geographical area

HKI

10.4 %

11.1 %

NNMM

22.1 %

24.6 %

RoF

67.5 %

64.3 %

Income quintile

Lowest

15.5 %

14.6 %

2

18.4 %

17.1 %

3

19.5 %

19.5 %

4

21.7 %

22.7 %

Highest

25.0 %

26.1 %

Living alone

Yes

15.9 %

21.6 %

No

84.1 %

78.4 %

Long-term unemployed

Yes

1.4 %

2.5 %

No

98.6 %

97.5 %

  1. HKI city of Helsinki, NNMM nine next-most populated municipalities, RoF rest of Finland