Characteristic of respondents and non-respondents
| Distribution, N (%) | Age, mean (SD) | Gender, N (%) | Admission type, N (%) | Length of stay, mean (SD) | |||
| Male | Female | Planned | Emergency | ||||
| Finland | |||||||
| Respondents | 383 (77.2) | 59.13 (17.62)** | 185 (48.30) | 198 (51.70) | 174 (45.40) | 209 (54.60) | 4.65 (4.04) |
| Non-respondents | 113 (22.8) | 50.13 (19.63) | 66 (58.40) | 47 (41.60) | 49 (43.40) | 64 (56.60) | 5.28 (5.10) |
| All | 496 (100) | 57.07 (18.43) | 251 (50.60) | 245 (49.40) | 223 (45.0) | 273 (55.00) | 4.78 (4.29) |
| Norway | |||||||
| Respondents | 244 (48.8) | 56.67 (19.42)** | 120 (49.38) | 123 (50.63) | 109 (44.86) | 134 (55.14) | 3.54 (4.87)* |
| Non-respondents | 256 (51.2) | 55.85 (21.81) | 133 (52.16) | 122 (47.84) | 95 (37.25) | 160 (62.75) | 4.84 (8.16) |
| All | 500 (100) | 253 (50.60) | 245 (49) | 204 (40.80) | 294 (58.80) | ||
| National Norwegian | |||||||
| Respondents | 11 079 (45.8) | 60.37 (21.68)** | 5187 (46.80)* | 5892 (53.2)* | 5398 (48.70)** | 5635 (50.90)** | 5.17 (7.37)** |
| Non-respondents | 13 111 (54.2) | 61.01 (17.02) | 6329 (48.30) | 6782 (51.7) | 7382 (56.30) | 5668 (43.20) | 5.64 (9.81) |
| All | 24 190 (100) | 60.66 (19.68) | 11 516 (47.60) | 12 674 (52.4) | 12 780 (53.00) | 11 303 (46.80) | 5.4 (8.79) |
| Sweden | |||||||
| Respondents | 412 (83.7) | 61.13 (18.29)** | 206 (50.00) | 206 (50.00) | 187 (45.40) | 225 (54.60) | 4.16 (6.85) |
| Non-respondents | 80 (16.3) | 52.91 (22.09) | 39 (48.75) | 41 (51.25) | 28 (35.00) | 52 (65.00) | 4.89 (8.20) |
| All | 492† (100) | 59.79 (19.18) | 245 (49.79) | 247 (50.20) | 215(43.69) | 277 (56.30) | 4.28 (7.04) |
| The Faroe Islands | |||||||
| Respondents | 551 (62.2) | 55.96 (23.59) | 290 (52.6) | 261 (47.4) | 350 (63.5) | 201 (36.5) | 5.73 (10.35) |
| Non-respondents | 335 (37.8) | 50.94 (28.65) | 163 (487) | 172 (51.3) | 185 (56.4) | 143 (43.6) | 4.67 (8.87) |
| All | 886 (100) | 54.07 (25.72) | 453 (51.12) | 433 (48.9) | 535 (60.9) | 344 (38.8) | 5.33 (9.83) |
Statistical significance:*p<0.05; **p<0.01.
↵† The questionnaire was sent to 500 adults, eight of these were not eligible and the gross population is 492.