Characteristics of study participants by disability pension before and after a cardiovascular (ischaemic heart disease or stroke) event
| Characteristics (at event-year) | Pre-event disability pension | Disability pension in first postevent year | Disability pension in fifth postevent year | ||||||
| n | No (n=20 683) | Yes (n=7547) | n | No (n=19 802) | Yes (n=696) | n | No (n=16 317) | Yes (n=3454) | |
| % | % | % | % | % | % | ||||
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 19 713 | 78 | 22 | 15 222 | 97 | 3 | 14 661 | 85 | 15 |
| Female | 8517 | 63 | 37 | 5276 | 96 | 4 | 5110 | 74 | 26 |
| Age | |||||||||
| ≤50 years | 8332 | 79 | 21 | 6575 | 97 | 3 | 6412 | 85 | 15 |
| >50 years | 19 898 | 71 | 29 | 13 923 | 96 | 4 | 13 359 | 81 | 19 |
| Education | |||||||||
| Low | 7854 | 64 | 36 | 4981 | 95 | 5 | 4774 | 80 | 20 |
| Intermediate | 14 095 | 73 | 27 | 10 274 | 97 | 3 | 9902 | 83 | 17 |
| High | 6281 | 84 | 16 | 5243 | 97 | 3 | 5095 | 84 | 16 |
| Economically | |||||||||
| Active | 20 076 | 91 | 9 | 18 045 | 97 | 3 | 17 460 | 85 | 15 |
| Inactive | 8154 | 31 | 69 | 2453 | 90 | 10 | 2366 | 75 | 25 |
| Family | |||||||||
| Married/cohabiting | 16 121 | 78 | 22 | 12 513 | 97 | 3 | 12 181 | 84 | 16 |
| Single, no children | 10 310 | 66 | 34 | 6693 | 96 | 4 | 6339 | 81 | 19 |
| Single, with children | 1799 | 72 | 28 | 1292 | 97 | 3 | 1251 | 80 | 20 |
| Birth country | |||||||||
| Sweden | 23 126 | 75 | 25 | 17 198 | 97 | 3 | 16 582 | 83 | 17 |
| Other | 5104 | 65 | 35 | 3300 | 95 | 5 | 3189 | 80 | 20 |
| Living area | |||||||||
| Large city | 9163 | 75 | 25 | 6776 | 97 | 3 | 6527 | 84 | 16 |
| Medium size | 10 019 | 73 | 27 | 7212 | 97 | 3 | 6979 | 82 | 18 |
| Small town | 9048 | 73 | 27 | 6510 | 96 | 4 | 6265 | 82 | 18 |
| Cancer | |||||||||
| Yes | 847 | 64 | 36 | 482 | 93 | 7 | 382 | 75 | 25 |
| No | 27 383 | 74 | 26 | 20 016 | 97 | 3 | 19 389 | 83 | 17 |
| Mental disorder | |||||||||
| Yes | 3286 | 42 | 58 | 1352 | 90 | 10 | 1236 | 71 | 29 |
| No | 24 944 | 77 | 23 | 19 146 | 97 | 3 | 18 535 | 83 | 17 |
| Diabetes | |||||||||
| Yes | 2887 | 52 | 48 | 1490 | 94 | 6 | 1381 | 75 | 25 |
| No | 25 343 | 76 | 24 | 19 008 | 97 | 3 | 18 390 | 83 | 17 |
| Procedure* | |||||||||
| Yes | 3077 | 78 | 22 | 2379 | 97 | 3 | 2318 | 85 | 15 |
| No | 25 153 | 73 | 27 | 18 119 | 97 | 3 | 17 453 | 82 | 18 |
| Type of event | |||||||||
| IHD | 18 480 | 73 | 27 | 13 450 | 98 | 2 | 13 028 | 91 | 9 |
| Stroke | 9750 | 73 | 27 | 7048 | 94 | 6 | 6743 | 67 | 33 |
All p Values for difference between groups (χ2) were <0.01 except for ‘pre-event disability pension and type of event’, ‘disability pension during the event year and living area’ and ‘disability pension during the event year and medical procedure’.
*Medical procedure: coronary artery bypass graft, percutaneous coronary intervention, other coronary distension procedure or intravenous intracranial procedure.
IHD, ischaemic heart disease.