Table 1 Descriptive summary of the study population – patients who had contacts with psychiatric specialist healthcare from 2008 to 2011, N = 329,363
Variables | Ethnic Norwegians (N = 276,890, 83.3%) | Immigrants (N = 52,473, 12.7%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |
Age | ||||
0–19 | 91,001 | 32.87 | 27,326 | 52.08 |
20–59 | 154,707 | 55.87 | 24,587 | 46.86 |
60+ | 31,182 | 11.26 | 560 | 1.07 |
Gender | ||||
Male | 129,275 | 46.69 | 26,559 | 50.61 |
Female | 147,615 | 53.31 | 25,914 | 49.39 |
World regions of origin | ||||
Norway | 276,890 | 100 | – | – |
Western countries | – | – | 29,156 | 55.56 |
East Europe | – | – | 5507 | 10.49 |
Africa | – | – | 3035 | 5.78 |
Asia | – | – | 12,065 | 22.99 |
Latin America | – | – | 2710 | 5.16 |
Circulatory system diseases | ||||
Outpatient visit rate | 21,559 | 7.79 | 2241 | 4.27 |
Hospital admission rate | 14,284 | 5.16 | 917 | 1.75 |
Infectious diseases | ||||
Outpatient rate | 7228 | 2.61 | 1461 | 2.78 |
Admission rate | 7411 | 2.68 | 997 | 1.90 |