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Table 2 Description of the rate of ED visits per a year of person-time and the proportion of frequent ED users

From: Socio-demographic differences in the frequent use of emergency department care by older persons: a population-based study in Stockholm County

				65–79 yrs				80+ yrs
		Totsl		Men		Women		Men		Women
		N = 356,375		n = 124,232		n = 138,187		n = 34,263		n = 59,693
		ED rate	FED%	ED rate	FED%	ED rate	FED%	ED rate	FED%	ED rate	FED%
	Total =	0.56	2.5	0.43	1.9	0.37	1.6	1.12	5.3	0.95	4.2%
Income	Group 1 low	0.77	3.6	0.65	3.4	0.54	3.6	1.32	6.4	1.00	4.4
	Group 2	0.74	3.4	0.60	2.9	0.48	2.3	1.16	6.3	0.99	4.4
	Group 3	0.55	2.5	0.44	2.0	0.35	1.4	1.08	5.2	0.86	4.1
	Group 4	0.39	1.6	0.35	1.4	0.27	1.0	0.97	5.0	0.81	3.7
	Group 5 high	0.35	1.3	0.30	1.1	0.26	1.9	1.01	4.6	0.87	2.7
Residential area	Rest	0.56	2.5	0.42	1.9	0.37	1.6	1.13	5.4	0.95	4.1
Residential area	Disadvantaged	0.55	3.2	0.51	3.0	0.46	2.3	0.73	3.6	0.85	5.9
Country of birth	Sweden	0.56	2.5	0.41	1.9	0.37	1.5	1.13	5.4	0.95	4.1
Country of birth	Other	0.45	2.4	0.38	2.0	0.36	1.6	0.71	4.3	0.70	4.2
Living situation	Cohabiting	0.44	1.9	0.37	1.6	0.30	1.2	1.03	4.9	0.83	3.7
	Alone	0.63	3.0	0.49	2.4	0.42	1.9	1.18	5.8	0.98	4.5
	Institution	1.04	4.2	1.24	6.4	0.96	5.1	1.32	5.2	0.93	3.2
Multi-morbidity	None	0.20	0.5	0.17	0.4	0.15	0.4	0.48	1.5	0.45	1.0
	1 condition	0.29	0.8	0.24	0.8	0.21	0.6	0.59	2.0	0.59	1.3
	2–4 conditions	0.49	1.9	0.41	1.7	0.36	1.3	0.85	3.5	0.75	2.8
	≥5 conditions	1.31	7.4	1.16	6.7	0.96	5.7	1.82	9.8	1.50	8.2
Home-health care	None	0.44	1.7	0.37	1.5	0.32	1.2	0.86	3.4	0.73	2.4
	Basic care	1.98	12.7	2.03	16.2	1.81	12.2	2.40	14.7	1.84	11.1
	Advanced care	3.16	18.8	3.26	19.1	2.88	18.7	3.64	21.3	2.95	16.1
Outpatient care	0–5 visits	0.23	0.2	0.14	0.1	0.10	0.1	0.88	0.4	0.66	0.4
	6–10 visits	0.34	0.7	0.28	0.6	0.22	0.3	0.72	1.4	0.60	1.3
	> 10 visits	0.93	5.2	0.85	4.1	0.70	3.6	1.33	8.3	1.17	6.7
Died in 2014	Survived	0.43	2.2	0.35	1.7	0.33	1.4	0.74	4.7	0.70	3.9
Died in 2014	Died	3.79	9.6	4.02	11.8	3.68	11.9	4.41	11.0	3.33	7.1

*The proportion of frequent ED users (FED %)
*The rate of ED visits per a year person-time

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