XXXX and healthcare contacts in an urban and a rural area. Comparisons of two Swedish counties.

@entity1 @entity1032 @entity308 @entity146 @entity167 @entity148 @entity734
@entity1032 are common in the general population. The aim of this study was to investigate differences in frequencies of self-reported @entity146 symptoms, harmful @entity167 use and healthcare contacts, in an urban and a rural area in Sweden. Two samples of 10,441 (urban site) and 3538 (rural site) subjects, aged 20-64, responded to a questionnaire, covering demographic characteristics and self-report @entity146 instruments as well as contact with healthcare during the past 12 months. Psychiatric symptoms and symptoms of @entity734 were reported by 17% of the urban @entity1 compared with 13% of the rural @entity1 , and by 20% of the urban @entity1 compared with 15% of the rural @entity1 . This difference is mainly due to an uneven age distribution in the two populations and remains statistically significant only in the oldest age group (50-64 years). Symptoms of @entity148 and @entity308 occurred with similar frequencies in both samples. Harmful @entity167 use was reported by 3.6% of the urban @entity1 , 1.5% of rural @entity1 , 11.8% of urban @entity1 and 8.6% of rural @entity1 . The urban sample had more often been in contact with medical services, 77% vs. 52%. Symptoms of @entity148 and @entity308 were equally common in the two samples. Harmful use of @entity167 was more common in the urban sample, especially among @entity1 . Most obvious was the stronger inclination to seek help in the urban sample.
