Neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics and statin medication in patients with myocardial infarction: a Swedish nationwide follow-up study

Table 1 Distribution of study population (patients with myocardial infarction, MI), number of statin medication events, and age-standardized rates by neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES)

	Population	Distribution	Statin medication		Neighborhood SES
		(%)	No.	%	High	Middle	Low
Total population (%)	116,840				22,172 (19 %)	72,655 (62 %)	22,013 (19 %)
Statin medication			104,766	89.7	90.6	89.7	88.6
Sex
Men	80,351	68.8	73,223	91.1	91.8	90.6	89.0
Women	36,489	31.2	31,543	86.4	87.5	87.6	87.4
Age (years)
< 50	18,623	15.9	17,185	92.3	92.1	92.5	91.7
50–59	34,009	29.1	32,147	94.5	95.1	94.6	93.6
60–69	40,034	34.3	36,786	91.9	92.3	92.1	90.8
70–79	24,174	20.7	18,648	77.1	78.6	77.4	74.8
Educational attainment
≤ 9	55,061	47.1	47,813	86.8	89.5	88.9	87.9
10–12	31,699	27.1	29,147	91.9	91.2	91.2	89.5
> 12	30,080	25.7	27,806	92.4	92.2	91.3	89.9
Marital status
Married/cohabiting	71,108	60.9	64,923	91.3	91.6	91.4	91.0
Never married, widowed, or divorced	45,732	39.1	39,843	87.1	88.4	87.1	85.9
Family income
Low income	29,298	25.1	25,201	86.0	88.1	87.7	87.5
Middle–low income	29,175	25.0	25,538	87.5	89.1	89.1	87.2
Middle–high income	29,202	25.0	26,812	91.8	90.8	91.0	90.5
High income	29,165	25.0	27,215	93.3	92.1	91.6	91.7
Country of origin
Sweden	99,947	85.5	89,581	89.6	90.6	89.8	88.5
Finland	5113	4.4	4568	89.3	90.4	88.2	87.0
Western countries	1379	1.2	1235	89.6	91.2	88.9	90.6
Eastern European countries	2500	2.1	2310	92.4	90.7	90.6	89.8
Middle Eastern countries	2469	2.1	2287	92.6	88.1	88.9	90.1
Others	5432	4.6	4785	88.1	89.3	88.4	86.5
Urban/rural status
Large cities	52,572	45.0	46,829	89.1	90.1	89.0	87.6
Southern Sweden	41,907	35.9	38,125	91.0	92.2	90.9	90.4
Northern Sweden	22,361	19.1	19,812	88.6	89.5	88.7	87.7

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