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Table 2 Proportion of the use of specialist healthcare for diseases of circulatory and infectious diseases among psychiatric patients from 2008 to 2011

From: Utilization of somatic specialist services among psychiatric immigrant patients: the Norwegian patient registry study

Region origin

Circulatory system diseases

Infectious diseases

Outpatient

Admission

Outpatient

Admission

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Norway

21,559

7.79

7228

2.61

7411

2.68

14,284

5.16

Western countries

1346

4.57

800

2.71

633

2.15

596

2.02

East Europe

347

6.03

154

2.68

89

1.55

130

2.26

Africa

97

3.11

141

4.52

80

2.56

50

1.60

Asia

701

4.92

390

2.74

229

1.61

300

2.11

Latin America

55

2.03

85

3.14

52

1.92

19

0.70