Descriptive characteristics of the study population: a nationwide cohort of persons receiving home care services, with and without pharmacologically treated diabetes (2009–2014) (n=721 300)
| 2009 n=112 487 | 2010 n=117 673 | 2011 n=119 307 | 2012 n=122 566 | 2013 n=123 674 | 2014 n=125 593 | |
| Age (years), n (%) | ||||||
| 65–69 | 8159 (7.3) | 9083 (7.7) | 9963 (8.4) | 10 883 (8.9) | 11 669 (9.4) | 11 910 (9.5) |
| 70–74 | 10 476 (9.3) | 11 057 (9.4) | 11 238 (9.4) | 11 871 (9.7) | 12 339 (10.0) | 13 197 (10.5) |
| 75–79 | 17 226 (15.3) | 17 251 (14.7) | 17 201 (14.4) | 17 242 (14.1) | 17 469 (14.1) | 17 706 (14.1) |
| 80–84 | 26 618 (23.7) | 27 247 (23.2) | 27 074 (22.7) | 27 500 (22.4) | 26 533 (21.5) | 26 393 (21.0) |
| 85–89 | 30 681 (27.3) | 31 121 (26.5) | 30 768 (25.8) | 30 539 (24.9) | 30 252 (24.6) | 30 254 (24.1) |
| 90+ | 19 327 (17.2) | 21 914 (18.6) | 23 063 (19.3) | 24 531 (20.0) | 25 412 (20.6) | 26 133 (20.8) |
| Female, n (%) | 74 391 (66.1) | 77 387 (65.8) | 78 258 (65.6) | 79 809 (65.1) | 79 902 (64.6) | 80 676 (64.2) |
| Living alone n (%)* | 62 765 (62.7) | 67 448 (63.8) | 69 615 (63.7) | 70 542 (63.1) | 72 413 (62.9) | 73 289 (62.7) |
| Home care service hours per year median (IQR) | 52 (14–161) | 52 (15–162) | 52 (17–168) | 52 (16–167) | 53 (16–167) | 52 (15–165) |
| Overall functional level (1–3)† | ||||||
| Persons with level 1, n (%) | 48 335 (49.5) | 49 033 (47.4) | 48 090 (45.8) | 48 077 (44.7) | 48 256 (44.4) | 48 298 (43.9) |
| Persons with level 2, n (%) | 38 302 (39.3) | 42 424 (41.0) | 44 358 (42.3) | 46 284 (43.0) | 46 729 (43.0) | 47 851 (43.5) |
| Persons with level 3, n (%) | 10 921 (11.2) | 11 963 (11.6) | 12 515 (11.9) | 13 315 (12.4) | 13 667 (12.6) | 13 922 (12.7) |
| Pharmacologically treated diabetes, n (%) | 16 007 (14.2) | 17 985 (15.3) | 18 393 (15.4) | 18 839 (15.4) | 19 291 (15.6) | 19 752 (15.7) |
*Due to 8.6% missing data, civil status was registered in 91.4% (n=659 089).
†Due to 12.3% missing data, overall functional level was registered in 87.7% (n=632 340).