Table 5 Hospital admissions due to a main diagnosis of COPD by year of observation and income level in men and women: Hazard ratios, standard errors and confidence intervals.

From: Decreasing COPD-related incidences and hospital admissions in a German health insurance population

Year

Men

Women

Hazard ratio

p

95% CI

Hazard ratio

p

95% CI

2008

1

–

–

1

–

–

2009

0.97

0.67

0.84–1.12

0.95

0.6

0.80–1.14

2010

0.87

0.04

0.74–1.00

0.89

0.23

0.74–1.07

2011

0.76

0.06

0.67–0.85

0.88

0.1

0.76–1.03

2012

0.75

 < 0.001

0.66–0.86

0.76

0.001

0.64–0.89

2013

0.78

 < 0.001

0.68–0.90

0.78

0.001

0.66–0.92

2014

0.64

 < 0.001

0.56–0.73

0.71

 < 0.001

0.60–0.83

2015

0.57

 < 0.001

0.49–0.65

0.76

0.001

0.64–0.90

2016

0.58

 < 0.001

0.50–0.67

0.59

 < 0.001

0.49–0.70

2017

0.48

 < 0.001

0.41–0.56

0.66

 < 0.001

0.55–0.79

2018

0.48

 < 0.001

0.41–0.56

0.5

 < 0.001

0.41–0.60

2019

0.47

 < 0.001

0.41–0.55

0.53

 < 0.001

0.44–0.64

Income < 40%

1

–

–

1

–

–

level 40–80%

0.62

 < 0.001

0.60–0.64

0.87

 < 0.001

0.84–0.90

 > 80%

0.24

 < 0.001

0.23–0.26

0.53

 < 0.001

0.49–0.58

Missing

0.52

 < 0.001

0.50–0.55

0.74

 < 0.001

0.70–0.78

Age (months)

1.005

 < 0.001

1.0050–1.0051

1.0037

 < 0.001

1.0037–1.0039

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