Table 3 Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for new sickness absence (SA) following a road traffic injury (including falls), by sociodemographics, among the 4554 injured pedestrians without already ongoing SA or full-time disability pension

 Women

2533 (28.9)

1.67 (1.45-1.91)

1.38 (1.19-1.59)

1.39 (1.20-1.61)

1.25 (1.06-1.49)

 Men

2021 (19.6)

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 16-24

1020 (6.9)

0.32 (0.23-0.44)

0.32 (0.23-0.43)

0.34 (0.24-0.46)

0.38 (0.27-0.54)

 25-34

617 (18.8)

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 35-44

784 (26.4)

1.55 (1.20-2.00)

1.50 (1.16-1.95)

1.43 (1.10-1.86)

1.47 (1.10-1.97)

 45-54

948 (34.3)

2.25 (1.77-2.87)

2.13 (1.67-2.72)

2.01 (1.57-2.58)

1.91 (1.44-2.53)

 55-64

1185 (34.8)

2.30 (1.82-2.91)

2.13 (1.68-2.70)

2.07 (1.62-2.65)

1.68 (1.27-2.22)

 Elementary school

1120 (15.2)

0.54 (0.44-0.67)

0.60 (0.48-0.74)

0.85 (0.69-1.06)

0.90 (0.72-1.12)

0.92 (0.72-1.17)

 High school

2143 (29.9)

1.29 (1.10-1.51)

1.39 (1.19-1.63)

1.50 (1.28-1.76)

1.54 (1.30-1.81)

1.69 (1.41-2.03)

 University/college

1291 (24.8)

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 Sweden

3853 (25.0)

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 Not Sweden

701 (23.7)

0.93 (0.77-1.12)

0.93 (0.77-1.13)

0.89 (0.73-1.08)

0.99 (0.80-1.21)

1.09 (0.87-1.37)

 Big cities

1458 (22.7)

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 Medium-sized cities

1815 (25.2)

1.15 (0.97-1.35)

1.14 (0.97-1.34)

1.20 (1.01-1.42)

1.14 (0.96-1.35)

1.20 (0.99-1.46)

 Small cities/villages

1281 (26.7)

1.24 (1.04-1.48)

1.25 (1.05-1.48)

1.30 (1.09-1.56)

1.23 (1.02-1.49)

1.28 (1.04-1.57)

 Married

1642 (32.1)

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 Not married

2912 (20.7)

0.55 (0.48-0.63)

0.59 (0.51-0.67)

0.92 (0.79-1.07)

0.92 (0.79-1.07)

0.90 (0.76-1.07)

 No

4356 (24.3)

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 Yes

198 (36.9)

1.82 (1.35-2.45)

1.65 (1.22-2.22)

1.18 (0.87-1.60)

1.06 (0.78-1.44)

1.03 (0.73-1.45)