Table 3. Likelihood of receiving drug treatment among patients with a new depression diagnosis in 2015, by education and age; stratified by sex (N = 49 967)

		Drug treatment		Unadjusted		Adjusted^a
Women	Total, n	n	%	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI
Educational level^b
Low	8572	2775	32.4	1	—	1	—
Medium	11 829	3622	30.6	0.94	0.90 to 0.99	0.97	0.92 to 1.02
High	10 053	2844	28.3	0.86	0.81 to 0.90	0.93	0.88 to 0.98
Age group, years
20–29	6802	2132	31.3	1	—	1	—
30–39	6190	1714	27.7	0.87	0.81 to 0.92	0.87	0.82 to 0.93
40–49	6577	1827	27.8	0.87	0.82 to 0.93	0.87	0.82 to 0.93
50–59	5338	1466	27.5	0.86	0.81 to 0.92	0.86	0.81 to 0.92
60–69	3161	969	30.7	0.99	0.92 to 1.07	1.00	0.92 to 1.07
≥70	2707	1246	46.0	1.66	1.66 to 1.55	1.65	1.54 to 1.77
Men
Educational level^b
Low	6452	2119	32.8	1	—	1	—
Medium	8186	2769	33.8	1.04	0.98 to 1.02	1.04	0.98 to 1.10
High	4327	1368	31.6	0.96	0.90 to 1.03	0.97	0.90 to 1.04
Age group, years
20–29	4173	1409	33.8	1	—	1	—
30–39	3967	1228	31.0	0.90	0.84 to 0.98	0.90	0.84 to 0.98
40–49	4374	1388	31.7	0.93	0.86 to 1.00	0.93	0.86 to 1.01
50–59	3583	1129	31.5	0.92	0.85 to 1.00	0.92	0.85 to 1.00
60–69	1975	619	31.3	0.94	0.85 to 1.03	0.94	0.85 to 1.03
≥70	1120	551	49.2	1.70	1.54 to 1.88	1.70	1.54 to 1.88

^aAdjusted for age and education, respectively. ^bMissing data on educational level; women (n = 321), men (n = 227). Educational level: low (primary school [grades 1–7] and lower-secondary school [grades ≤8–10]); medium (13 years, upper-secondary school); and high (>13 years, university and higher education).