Table 1 Sociodemographic and injury characteristics for individuals. Aged 18–63 with mild traumatic brain injury sustained in a traffic accident. By sickness absence (SA) and disability pension (DP) status at the time of injury
No New SA | New SA (> 14 days) | Ongoing SA | Ongoing full-time DP | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Total | 4736 | 78.0 | 737 | 12.1 | 362 | 6.0 | 238 | 3.9 | 6073 | 100.0 |
Sex | ||||||||||
Women | 2402 | 75.9 | 409 | 12.9 | 230 | 7.3 | 124 | 3.9 | 3165 | 52.1 |
Men | 2334 | 80.3 | 328 | 11.3 | 132 | 4.5 | 114 | 3.9 | 2908 | 47.9 |
Age group, years | ||||||||||
18–24 | 1639 | 90.5 | 100 | 5.5 | 28 | 1.5 | 44 | 2.4 | 1811 | 29.8 |
25–34 | 1043 | 77.9 | 175 | 13.1 | 89 | 6.6 | 32 | 2.4 | 1339 | 22.0 |
35–44 | 843 | 72.9 | 183 | 15.8 | 113 | 9.8 | 17 | 1.5 | 1156 | 19.0 |
45–54 | 739 | 70.0 | 173 | 16.4 | 86 | 8.2 | 57 | 5.4 | 1055 | 17.4 |
55–63 | 472 | 66.3 | 106 | 14.9 | 46 | 6.5 | 88 | 12.4 | 712 | 11.7 |
Education level | ||||||||||
Elementary school | 925 | 78.5 | 97 | 8.2 | 52 | 4.4 | 105 | 8.9 | 1179 | 19.4 |
High school | 2329 | 77.7 | 368 | 12.3 | 194 | 6.5 | 108 | 3.6 | 2999 | 49.4 |
University/College | 1482 | 78.2 | 272 | 14.4 | 116 | 6.1 | 25 | 1.3 | 1895 | 31.2 |
Born in Sweden | ||||||||||
No | 688 | 73.3 | 133 | 14.2 | 65 | 6.9 | 52 | 5.5 | 938 | 15.4 |
Yes | 4048 | 78.8 | 604 | 11.8 | 297 | 5.8 | 186 | 3.6 | 5135 | 84.6 |
Marital status | ||||||||||
Not married | 3589 | 80.0 | 465 | 10.4 | 233 | 5.2 | 201 | 4.5 | 4488 | 73.9 |
Married | 1147 | 72.4 | 272 | 17.2 | 129 | 8.1 | 37 | 2.3 | 1585 | 26.1 |
Type of living area | ||||||||||
Cities | 1802 | 78.7 | 269 | 11.7 | 137 | 6.0 | 83 | 3.6 | 2291 | 37.7 |
Towns and suburbs | 2018 | 77.8 | 322 | 12.4 | 157 | 6.1 | 97 | 3.7 | 2594 | 42.7 |
Rural areas | 916 | 77.1 | 146 | 12.3 | 68 | 5.7 | 58 | 4.9 | 1188 | 19.6 |
Income from work | ||||||||||
No | 1261 | 78.7 | 49 | 3.1 | 66 | 4.1 | 227 | 14.2 | 1603 | 26.4 |
Yes | 3475 | 77.7 | 688 | 15.4 | 296 | 6.6 | 11 | 0.2 | 4470 | 73.6 |
Type of road user | ||||||||||
Pedestrians | 618 | 73.7 | 78 | 9.3 | 65 | 7.7 | 78 | 9.3 | 839 | 13.8 |
Bicyclists | 1634 | 81.3 | 225 | 11.2 | 87 | 4.3 | 65 | 3.2 | 2011 | 33.1 |
Car occupants | 952 | 73.6 | 202 | 15.6 | 90 | 7.0 | 49 | 3.8 | 1293 | 21.3 |
Other road users | 1532 | 79.4 | 232 | 12.0 | 120 | 6.2 | 46 | 2.4 | 1930 | 31.8 |
Inpatient health care | ||||||||||
No | 3402 | 81.0 | 377 | 9.0 | 259 | 6.2 | 164 | 3.9 | 4202 | 69.2 |
Yes | 1334 | 71.3 | 360 | 19.2 | 103 | 5.5 | 74 | 4.0 | 1871 | 30.8 |