Determinants for use of direct-to-consumer telemedicine consultations in primary healthcare—a registry based total population study from Stockholm, Sweden

Table 2 Distribution of study population, number of individuals and percent

		Number of individuals	Percent
Sex	Men	979 292	49.2
Sex	Women	1 012 703	50.8
Age group	0–5	137 630	6.9
	6–18	319 725	16.1
	19–25	145 556	7.3
	26–45	582 611	29.3
	46–64	485 603	24.4
	65 +	320 870	16.1
Highest completed level of education	Lower secondary education	209 337	10.5
	Upper secondary education	701 776	35.2
	Post-secondary education less than 3 years	344 043	17.3
	Post-secondary education 3 years or more	736 839	37.0
Country of birth	Sweden	1 568 003	78.7
	EU28	136 105	6.8
	Outside EU28	287 887	14.5
Income group	1 (lowest income)	150 864	7.6
	2	191 279	9.6
	3	204 422	10.3
	4	209 992	10.5
	5	211 889	10.6
	6	209 971	10.5
	7	209 316	10.5
	8	205 066	10.3
	9	201 489	10.1
	10 (highest income)	197 707	9.9
Diagnoses for chronic conditions in 2013–2017	Heart failure	19 592	1.0
	Depression	150 642	7.6
	Diabetes	88 181	4.4
	COPD/asthma	164 189	8.2
Primary healthcare centre accessibility	Low	648 816	32.6
	Medium	704 136	35.4
	High	639 043	32.1
Distance to chosen primary healthcare centre	0–1 km	777 852	39.1
	1–2 km	455 066	22.8
	2–4 km	341 395	17.1
	4–10 km	245 409	12.3
	10 + km	172 273	8.7
Total		1 991 995	100

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