Reliance on social security benefits by Swedish patients with ill-health attributed to dental fillings: a register-based cohort study

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants and year of application in the replacement cohort

	Replacement cohort				General population cohort
	All		Approved
	N=505		N=322		N=1496
Decade of birth
1930's	32	6.3%	21	6.5%	96	6.4%
1940's	175	34.7%	115	35.7%	522	34.9%
1950's	172	34.1%	112	34.8%	504	33.7%
1960's	109	21.6%	66	20.5%	324	21.7%
1970's	16	3.2%	8	2.5%	47	3.1%
1980's	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	3	0.2%
Sex
Female	404	80.0%	269	83.5%	1194	79.8%
Male	101	20.0%	53	16.5%	302	20.2%
Educational level
Primary and lower secondary school	70	13.9%	46	14.3%	303	20.3%
Upper secondary school	240	47.5%	161	50.0%	663	44.3%
Post-secondary school	193	38.2%	113	35.1%	524	35.0%
Data unavailable	2	0.4%	2	0.6%	6	0.4%
Country of birth
Sweden	422	83.6%	280	87.0%	1257	84.0%
Other Nordic countries	35	6.9%	20	6.2%	105	7.0%
Other European countries	26	5.1%	13	4.0%	69	4.6%
Outside Europe	22	4.4%	9	2.8%	65	4.3%
Application year
1999	49	9.7%	29	9.0%
2000	77	15.2%	47	14.6%
2001	97	19.2%	68	21.1%
2002	77	15.2%	48	14.9%
2003	96	19.0%	66	20.5%
2004	54	10.7%	28	8.7%
2005	55	10.9%	36	11.2%

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