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Table 1 Description of the material, native Norwegians and immigrants from Poland, Germany, Somalia, and Iraq (95% CI)

From: Immigrants’ use of emergency primary health care in Norway: a registry-based observational study

 

Norway

Poland

Germany

Somalia

Iraq

Number of patients

684 978

3 658

1 770

4 793

5 382

Mean age (years)

40.2 (40.1 – 40.2)

29.5 (29.0 – 30.0)

35.4 (34.4 – 36.4)

21.1 (20.6 – 21.5)

24.9 (24.4 – 25.3)

Percentage women

53.4 (53.3 – 53.5)

39.5 (37.9 – 41.1)

53.2 (50.9 – 55.5)

51.7 (50.3 – 53.1)

47.0 (45.7 – 48.3)

Immigrants’ length of stay in Norway (years)

-

4.9 (4.6 – 5.2)

10.7 (10.0 – 11.4)

6.2 (6.1 – 6.3)

6.8 (6.7 – 6.9)

Percentage with Norwegian citizenship

100.0 (100.0 – 100.0)

15.4 (14.3 – 16.6)

17.4 (15.7 – 19.2)

53.1 (51.7 – 54.5)

53.1 (51.8 – 54.4)

Percentage rural (centrality 0)

13.4 (13.3 – 13.5)

5.2 (4.5 – 5.9)

9.9 (8.5 – 11.3)

3.7 (3.2 – 4.2)

2.8 (2.4 – 3.2)

Percentage enlisted with a RGP

97.8 (97.8 – 97.8)

92.3 (91.4 – 93.1)

93.3 (92.1 – 94.4)

97.9 (97.4 – 98.3)

98.7 (98.3 – 99.0)

Reason for immigration

(percentage of all immigrants with ≤ 18 years length of stay):

     

N

 

3 306

1 426

4 638

5 261

Protection

-

0.5 (0.3 – 0.7)

1.1 (0.6 – 1.6)

40.6 (39.2 – 42.0)

43.7 (42.4 – 45.0)

Work

-

58.7 (57.0 – 60.4)

47.9 (45.3 – 50.5)

0.0 (0.0 – 0.0)

0.2 (0.1 – 0.3)

Family reunion

-

29.9 (28.3 – 31.5)

32.9 (30.5 – 35.3)

25.9 (24.6 – 27.2)

30.6 (29.4 – 31.9)

Other, unknown

-

10.9 (9.8 – 12.0)

18.1 (16.1 – 20.1)

33.5 (32.1 – 34.9)

25.5 (24.3 – 26.7)