Table 1

Distribution of the independent variables and admission rates for first psychiatric and somatic hospital admission for women in Sweden aged 20–45, with follow up from 1994 to 98

VariablePopulation (number)PercentageAge adjusted admission rate per 100000 women and year
PsychiatricSomatic
Age
20–2422621815.6
25–2930426220.9
30–3429160320.1
35–3928238419.4
40–4538447724.0
Country of birth
Swedish born10831732393130
Second generation17686312.23413703
Labour, Finnish, southern Europe613334.23953433
Labour, western/westernised303002.13473094
Refugee European161841.13403205
Refugee non-European850915.93983971
Marital status
Married/cohabiting89854561.82063137
Single55439938.24073417
Number of children
0 child37261425.63853019
1 child24680717.03243490
2 children52526436.22033245
>2 children30825921.22823703
Disposable income
High35820424.72083045
Middle-high36399125.02813345
Middle-low36052024.82953338
Low37022925.53063262