Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the variables included in the study
| Â | Men | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Participants (n) | Prevalence of depressive symptoms (%) | Participants (n) | Prevalence of depressive symptoms (%) | |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 65–74 | 41,265 | 16.3 | 44,033 | 15.2 |
 75–84 | 24,268 | 18.3 | 26,502 | 17.9 |
 ≥ 85 | 4127 | 22.6 | 4627 | 24.5 |
Population density (indicator for municipality-level rurality) | ||||
 Highest | 15,610 | 16.4 | 16,180 | 15.5 |
 High | 13,661 | 18.3 | 15,043 | 17.0 |
 Middle | 16,188 | 16.1 | 17,023 | 14.8 |
 Low | 12,045 | 18.9 | 13,179 | 18.5 |
 Lowest | 12,156 | 17.9 | 13,737 | 18.5 |
Time to reach the DID (indicator for neighborhood-level rurality) | Â | |||
 Shortest | 13,740 | 18.0 | 15,080 | 16.8 |
 Short | 11,003 | 17.7 | 11,931 | 15.8 |
 Middle | 16,832 | 17.3 | 18,032 | 16.6 |
 Long | 14,603 | 16.8 | 15,291 | 16.4 |
 Longest | 13,482 | 17.2 | 14,828 | 17.8 |