Sickness absence and disability pension due to otoaudiological diagnoses: risk of premature death – a nationwide prospective cohort study

Table 1 Baseline characteristics, 2005

		Sick leave						Disability pension
			Sick leave due to otoaudiological diagnoses						Disability pension due to otoaudiological diagnoses
	Reference group^a	Other diagnoses	All	Otological^b	Hearing^c	Vertigo^d	Tinnitus^e	Other diagnoses	All	Otological^b	Hearing^c	Vertigo^d	Tinnitus^e
N	4 099 925	701 913	5 319	1 407	1 186	1 629	1 130	479 178	12 549	835	6 738	2 092	5 267
Women (%)	46.12	61.87	59.90	60.55	66.3	63.54	47.43	60.05	59.58	67.66	61.22	66.59	52.31
Age (years)	40.7	44.8	49.6	45.4	53.0	49.2	52.0	52.3	52.9	52.3	51.4	54.8	55.0
Education >12y (%)	37.06	26.73	32.25	26.11	45.35	29.94	42.23	12.57	25.14	21.93	23.85	24.89	29.67
Larger cities (%)	38.19	34.71	35.90	37.79	29.58	36.71	33.47	32.41	32.92	42.88	35.00	29.90	30.95
Not born in Sweden (%)	14.28	14.72	14.63	17.68	11.12	12.84	12.04	17.70	17.02	21.34	18.16	14.08	13.96
Married or cohabitant (%)	54.14	56.50	59.14	57.95	54.70	62.89	56.49	34.75	45.34	38.25	41.63	55.43	52.62
Days hospitalized 2000-2005	1.4	6.2	3.6	3.9	3.7	4.0	2.2	28.6	5.2	7.6	5.6	5.4	5.2
Specialized outpatient clinics 2000-2005
Circulatory	1.7	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0.	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.0
Cancer	1.7	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.1

Note: All values other than for age and sex have been directly standardized according to the age distribution of the cohort. A number of individuals were included in more than one category.
^aThe reference group includes individuals without prevalent or incident sick leave or disability pension during 2005.
^bICD10: H60-H75, H80, H92, H94, H95.
^cH83, H90, H91.
^dH81, H82.
^eH93.

ISSN: 1471-2458