Register study of migrants’ hospitalization in Norway: world region origin, reason for migration, and length of stay

Table 1 Description, samples of migrants 1970–2007 and non-migrant native Norwegians, age 30–69 per January 1, 2008

World region origin	Total N	Immigration period (number of individuals)					Reason for migration (number of individuals)				Hospitalization 2008–2011, standardized^a
World region origin	Total N	2005–2007	2001–2004	1996–2000	1990–1995	1970–1989	Work	Family	Refugee	Un-known	Any admission (%)	Admissions per 1000 personyears
Western countries	62,184	10,464	8704	12,114	7989	22,913	11,643	7169	122	43,250	25.3	94
EU East Europe	24,443	15,015	2900	1636	1762	3130	15,295	4768	190	4190	21.9	80
Other East Europe	23,382	2382	4457	5285	9032	2226	1061	6291	12,811	3219	28.7	103
Africa	22,280	3348	5105	4411	3568	5848	477	6317	8228	7258	29.0	110
West & South Asia	39,633	1987	5162	8741	6519	17,224	414	10,798	10,184	18,237	32.5	137
Other Asia	37,139	5524	7110	4517	6065	13,923	1683	13,616	6052	15,788	24.6	92
Latin America	8846	1008	1226	1254	931	4427	379	3357	277	4833	29.6	101
Total	217,907	39,728	34,664	37,958	35,866	69,691	30,952	52,316	37,864	96,775	27.0	103
Number, sample of non-migrant native Norwegians, age 30–69: 2,181,948											28.7	116

^aDirectly age and gender standardized using native Norwegians, age 30–69, per January 1, 2008, as standard population

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