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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the number of insured individuals by gender (employed individuals)

From: Widening inequalities in multimorbidity? Time trends among the working population between 2005 and 2015 based on German health insurance data

 

Men

Women

N

%

N

%

Year

 2005

239,079

7.7

165,299

7.6

 2006

242,482

7.8

166,758

7.6

 2007

249,280

8.0

171,261

7.8

 2008

251,817

8.1

173,394

7.9

 2009

253,742

8.1

177,021

8.1

 2010

299,847

9.6

205,467

9.4

 2011

309,946

9.9

214,543

9.8

 2012

315,238

10.1

220,668

10.1

 2013

316,387

10.2

223,123

10.2

 2014

318,707

10.2

228,181

10.5

 2015

322,003

10.3

238,129

10.9

Age group

 40–44

754,613

24.2

500,417

22.9

 45–49

800,681

25.7

571,594

26.2

 50–54

696,113

22.3

516,881

23.7

 55–59

536,537

17.2

392,695

18.0

 60–65

330,584

10.6

202,257

9.3

Educational level

 low

2,178,916

69.9

1,447,806

66.3

 high

158,979

5.1

170,262

7.8

 missing

780,633

25.0

565,776

25.9

Income

 low

104,879

3.4

428,606

19.6

 middle

536,416

17.2

840,409

38.5

 high

1,761,154

56.5

472,309

21.6

 missing

716,079

23.0

442,520

20.3

Occupational group

 unskilled

960,740

30.8

898,156

41.1

 skilled

1,464,937

47.0

502,155

23.0

 specialists

285,572

9.2

599,088

27.4

 highly qualified

109,784

3.5

85,249

3.9

 missing

297,495

9.5

99,196

4.5

Multimorbidity

81,489

2.6

67,364

3.1

total number of observations

3,118,528

58.8

2,183,844

41.2

at least 2 years of observation

2,835,451

90.9

1,973,699

90.4