The effect of prolonged cumulative disadvantage in 2006–2010 on ambulatory care-sensitive conditions in Finland in 2011−2013 for the combination of living alone, poverty and low level of education
| The number of years of cumulative disadvantage* | Men aged 45–64 years | Women aged 45–64 years | ||||
| RR | 95% | n† | RR | 95% | n† | |
| 0 | 1.00 | Ref‡ | 311 927 | 1.00 | Ref‡ | 339 402 |
| 1 | 2.47 | 2.28–2.69 | 9304 | 2.45 | 2.20–2.74 | 7031 |
| 2 | 2.74 | 2.49–3.01 | 6088 | 2.57 | 2.25–2.92 | 4368 |
| 3 | 2.72 | 2.46–3.01 | 4767 | 3.35 | 2.95–3.80 | 3434 |
| 4 | 3.06 | 2.77–3.39 | 4163 | 3.60 | 3.16–4.09 | 2999 |
| 5 | 3.91 | 3.70–4.12 | 12 432 | 4.75 | 4.44–5.07 | 9189 |
| Men aged ≥65 years | Women aged ≥65 years | |||||
| 0 | 1.00 | Ref‡ | 116 197 | 1.00 | Ref‡ | 91 452 |
| 1 | 1.59 | 1.51–1.67 | 6063 | 1.56 | 1.49–1.64 | 15 941 |
| 2 | 1.56 | 1.47–1.66 | 4220 | 1.60 | 1.51–1.69 | 10 308 |
| 3 | 1.59 | 1.51–1.68 | 5296 | 1.68 | 1.59–1.76 | 12 744 |
| 4 | 1.47 | 1.39 –1.54 | 6341 | 1.67 | 1.59–1.75 | 16 167 |
| 5 | 1.66 | 1.61–1.71 | 26 598 | 1.72 | 1.67–1.78 | 96 202 |
Adjusted for age and region of residence.
*In these analyses, those individuals who had experienced disadvantage of one risk factor or cumulative disadvantage related to the combination of two risk factors were excluded.
†The total number of individuals in the category.
‡The reference category is those individuals who had none of the risk factors during the period 2006–2010.
RR, risk ratio.