Table 3 Prevalence (%) by age, sex and area.
Age (years) | Gender | Area | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Symptom or disease | 16-25 | 26-35 | 36-45 | 46-55 | 56-65 | 66-75 | test for trend | M | W | p-value | Total | Gothen-burg | West Gothia | p-value | |
Ever asthma | 11.2 | 12.2 | 10.2 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 7.6 | < 0.001 | 8.7 | 10.5 | < 0.001 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 0.330 | |
Physician-diagnosed asthma | 9.6 | 10.2 | 8.4 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.1 | < 0.001 | 7.4 | 9.1 | < 0.001 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 0.759 | |
Asthma medicine | 9.3 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 0.293 | 6.8 | 10.1 | < 0.001 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 0.780 | |
Rhinitis | 27.8 | 33.5 | 31.5 | 27.4 | 22.4 | 16.1 | < 0.001 | 26.0 | 27.6 | 0.020 | 26.9 | 28.3 | 25.6 | < 0.001 | |
Attacks of SOB | 9.3 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 0.764 | 7.5 | 11.2 | < 0.001 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 9.1 | 0.066 | |
Recurrent wheeze | 5.0 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.8 | < 0.001 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 0.976 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 0.056 | |
Any wheeze | 16.0 | 16.9 | 16.3 | 17.2 | 16.7 | 16.1 | 0.850 | 15.3 | 17.6 | < 0.001 | 16.6 | 17.3 | 15.9 | 0.014 | |
Wheeze with breathlessness | 10.1 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 0.633 | 9.1 | 11.8 | < 0.001 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 0.030 | |
Wheeze without cold | 8.6 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 10.2 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 0.137 | 8.9 | 10.1 | 0.008 | 9.5 | 10.1 | 9.0 | 0.012 | |
Wheezing with breathlessness apart from cold | 5.8 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 0.678 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 0.002 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 0.013 | |
Longstanding cough | 13.3 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 0.056 | 10.2 | 12.4 | < 0.001 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 10.8 | 0.004 | |
Sputum production | 15.6 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 12.8 | 15.7 | 0.617 | 13.1 | 13.5 | 0.429 | 13.3 | 14.4 | 12.3 | < 0.001 | |
Chronic productive cough | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 9.0 | < 0.001 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 1.000 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 0.043 | |
Dyspnoea | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 9.9 | 12.9 | < 0.001 | 4.8 | 8.1 | < 0.001 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 0.611 | |