Table 1

Base-line characteristics for subjects reporting diabetes as a chronic illness in the Swedish Living Conditions Survey 1980–2004.



1980–1984
 1985–1989
 1990–1994
 1995–1999
 2000–2004


No
 %
 No
 %
 No
 No
 %
 %
 No
 %
Diabetes among population










     Age 40–64
 M
 146
 2.4
 135
 2.4
 147
 2.6
 152
 2.7
 221
 3.9

F
 91
 1.5
 98
 1.8
 86
 1.5
 106
 1.8
 140
 2.3
     Age 65–74
 M
 116
 5.8
 120
 6.3
 96
 5.9
 106
 7.1
 142
 9.0

F
 130
 5.9
 126
 6.0
 101
 5.7
 130
 7.8
 129
 7.3
     Age 75–84
 M
 108
 7.1
 74
 6.9
 65
 6.8
 80
 8.2
 111
 10.3

F
 166
 8.3
 117
 7.9
 122
 9.8
 96
 7.8
 132
 8.9
CHD or hypertension1 among diabetics
 M
 151
 40.8
 117
 35.6
 94
 30.5
 138
 40.8
 227
 47.9

F
 214
 55.3
 150
 44.0
 132
 42.7
 145
 43.7
 219
 54.6
CHD or hypertension1 among non-diabetics
 M
 1 684
 18.4
 1 419
 17.1
 1 288
 16.1
 1 317
 16.9
 1 610
 20.4

F
 2 274
 22.9
 1 632
 18.6
 1 405
 16.5
 1 445
 17.2
 1 738
 19.6
Daily smokers among diabetics
 M
 101
 27.3
 71
 21.6
 69
 22.4
 70
 20.7
 73
 15.4

F
 42
 10.9
 38
 11.1
 29
 9.4
 43
 13.0
 54
 13.5
Daily smokers among non-diabetics
 M
 3 057
 33.4
 2 464
 29.8
 2 150
 26.8
 1 686
 21.6
 1 474
 18.6

F
 1 989
 20.0
 1 929
 21.9
 2 026
 23.8
 1 863
 22.1
 1 768
 19.9

Number of observations (No.) and percentages (%).

1. ICD-9: 401 – 429 Hypertension and coronary heart disease.

Eliasson et al. Cardiovascular Diabetology 2008 7:32   doi:10.1186/1475-2840-7-32
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