Table 3 Distribution of sociodemographic variables in the included Swedish register study population, overall and by specialist diagnosis of any mental illness, presented as N (%) or mean [SD]

From: Mental illness and COVID-19 vaccination: a multinational investigation of observational & register-based data

 

Any mental illness

Total (N = 8,080,234)

Yes (n = 493,705)

No (n = 7,586,529)

Sex

   

 Male

218,602 (44.3%)

3,821,719 (50.4%)

4,040,321 (50.0%)

 Female

275,103 (55.7%)

3,764,810 (49.6%)

4,039,913 (50.0%)

Age group, years

   

 18–29

125,959 (25.5%)

1,386,819 (18.3%)

1,512,778 (18.7%)

 30–39

97,486 (19.8%)

1,291,798 (17.0%)

1,389,284 (17.2%)

 40–49

79,317 (16.1%)

1,216,506 (16.0%)

1,295,823 (16.0%)

 50–59

78,571 (15.9%)

1,225,863 (16.2%)

1,304,434 (16.2%)

 60–69

56,491 (11.4%)

1,039,368 (13.7%)

1,095,859 (13.6%)

 70–79

38,576 (7.8%)

947,297 (12.5%)

985,873 (12.2%)

 80+

17,305 (3.5%)

478,878 (6.3%)

496,183 (6.1%)

Mean [SD] age, years

45.2 [18.1]

50.2 [19.0]

49.9 [19.0]

Region of residence

   

 East

226,085 (45.8%)

2,969,367 (39.1%)

3,195,452 (39.5%)

 South

187,734 (38.0%)

3,301,334 (43.5%)

3,489,068 (43.2%)

 North

79,865 (16.2%)

1,308,156 (17.3%)

1,388,021 (17.2%)

 Missing

21 (0.0%)

7672 (0.1%)

7693 (0.1%)

Highest educational attainment

   

 University ( > 12 years)

141,610 (28.7%)

2,919,307 (38.5%)

3,060,917 (37.9%)

 Secondary school (9–12 years)

227,668 (46.1%)

3,255,080 (42.9%)

3,482,748 (43.1%)

 Primary school ( < 9 years)

117,369 (23.8%)

1,222,264 (16.1%)

1,339,633 (16.6%)

 Missing

7058 (1.4%)

189,878 (2.5%)

196,936 (2.4%)

Cohabitation status

   

 Cohabiting

109,867 (22.3%)

3,221,005 (42.5%)

3,330,872 (41.2%)

 Non-cohabiting

383,817 (77.7%)

4,357,852 (57.4%)

4,741,669 (58.7%)

 Missing

21 (0.0%)

7672 (0.1%)

7693 (0.1%)

Income

   

 Q1 (lowest)

219,986 (44.6%)

1,798,437 (23.7%)

2,018,423 (25.0%)

 Q2

121,680 (24.6%)

1,897,728 (25.0%)

2,019,408 (25.0%)

 Q3

88,027 (17.8%)

1,929,476 (25.4%)

2,017,503 (25.0%)

 Q4 (highest)

63,991 (13.0%)

1,953,211 (25.8%)

2,017,202 (24.9%)

 Missing

21 (0.0%)

7,677 (0.1%)

7,698 (0.1%)

Severe COVID-19 infection

   

 Yes

3818 (0.8%)

24,724 (0.3%)

28,542 (0.4%)

 No

489,887 (99.2%)

7,561,805 (99.7%)

8,051,692 (99.6%)

Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)

   

 0

400,094 (81.0%)

6,752,778 (89.0%)

7,152,872 (88.5%)

 1

33,974 (6.9%)

298,530 (3.9%)

332,504 (4.1%)

 2+

59,637 (12.1%)

535,221 (7.1%)

594,858 (7.4%)