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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of persons of 25 years of age and above insured in 2017 without any preconditions (BASE subpopulation)

From: The effects of different lookback periods on the sociodemographic structure of the study population and on the estimation of incidence rates: analyses with German claims data

 

Male

Female

25–34 years

210,541

21.0%

184,730

17.5%

35–44 years

169,466

16.9%

153,846

14.6%

45–54 years

210,458

21.0%

197,943

18.7%

55–64 years

178,316

17.8%

176,663

16.7%

65–74 years

112,623

11.2%

126,146

11.9%

75–84 years

95,961

9.6%

145,101

13.7%

85+ years

26,696

2.7%

71,905

6.8%

Total

1,004,061

100.0%

1,056,334

100.0%

Qualificationa

 without vocational training

73,708

12.3%

54,278

12.1%

 with vocational training

332,122

55.3%

265,326

59.3%

 master craftsman

23,390

3.9%

8280

1.9%

 bachelor

7143

1.2%

7177

1.6%

 diploma or master degree

19,090

3.2%

21,549

4.8%

 PhD

1300

0.2%

1047

0.2%

 unknown

143,795

23.9%

89,488

20.0%

Total

600,548

100.0%

447,145

100.0%

Income

 low (≤40% of the AIGb)

108,434

10.8%

287,003

27.2%

 middle (> 40% to ≤80% of the AIGb

283,915

28.3%

289,089

27.4%

 high (> 80% of the AIGb)

293,605

29.2%

107,344

10.2%

 unknown

318,107

31.7%

372,898

35.3%

Total

1,004,061

100.0%

1,056,334

100.0%

Myocardial infarction

4056

2317

Stroke

4705

4777

  1. a - Only persons with at least one employment episode are included for the depiction of the occupational qualification
  2. b– AIG: average income in Germany as published by the Federal Statistical Office