Table 2 Socio-demographic composition of the inhabitants 70 years and older in Norrtälje, Södertälje and Stockholm municipality in period 1

N = 12,657

N = 11,637

N = 103,281

Age group

 70–74 years

37.9% (4,799)

35.4% (4,120)

37.9% (39,187)

 75–79 years

29.5% (3,7f34)

29.2% (3,393)

27.6% (28,489)

 80–84 years

17.0% (2,152)

19.0% (2,211)

16.2% (16,736)

 85–89 years

9.7% (1,231)

10.5% (1,228)

10.3% (10,598)

 90–94 years

4.6% (587)

4.5% (522)

5.8% (5,975)

 95 years and older

1.2% (154)

1.4% (163)

2.2% (2,314)

Sex (male)

47.9% (6,056)

43.7% (5,080)

42.5% (43,852)

Country of birth (outside of Sweden)

10.5% (1,333)

34.0% (3,951)

20.7% (21,395)

Level of Education

 Primary

32.1% (4,061)

32.8% (3,818)

19.6% (20,279)

 Secondary

46.2% (5,846)

40.0% (4,659)

39.2% (40,494)

 Tertiary

20.7% (2,626)

19.7% (2,298)

38.6% (39,884)

 Missing

1.0% (124)

7.4% (862)

2.6% (2,624)

Level of income

 (lowest) group 1

27.4% (3,465)

28.4% (3,304)

16.1% (16,589)

 group 2

24.7% (3,121)

23.8% (2,773)

17.6% (18,141)

 group 3

18.7% (2,370)

22.2% (2,591)

20.8% (21,464)

 group 4

16.4% (2,073)

15.2% (1,766)

21.4% (22,072)

 (highest) group 5

12.4% (1,574)

9.9% (1,157)

23.7% (24,510)

 Missing

0.4% (54)

0.4% (46)

0.5% (505)

Health status variables

 CCI score 0–1

61.4% (7,770)

59.6% (6,943)

59.7% (61,670)

 CCI score 2–3

14.0% (1,773)

15.0% (1,740)

13.4% (13,803)

 CCI score 4–5

19.4% (2,454)

19.7% (2,295)

20.6% (21,311)

 CCI score > 6

5.2% (660)

5.7% (660)

6.3% (6,497)

Municipal social care use

 Ordinary housing no home-help

82.4% (10,4394

79.8% (9,286)

80.0% (82,577)

 Ordinary housing with home-help

11.3% (1,424)

14.5% (1,69

13.8% (14,260)

 Municipal care-home

6.3% (799)

5.7% (658)

6.2% (6,444)