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Table 1 Base-line characteristics for subjects reporting diabetes as a chronic illness in the Swedish Living Conditions Survey 1980–2004.

From: Improved survival in both men and women with diabetes between 1980 and 2004 – a cohort study in Sweden

  

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

  1. Number of observations (No.) and percentages (%).
  2. 1. ICD-9: 401 – 429 Hypertension and coronary heart disease.