Outpatient mental healthcare service use among women with migrant background in Norway: a national register study

Table 5 GEE¹ Incidence Rate Ratios by region of origin (common mental health disorders)

	Mood disorders					Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders
	N	Mean (sd) annual consultations	GEE IRR (95% CI)²	GEE IRR (95% CI)²	GEE IRR (95% CI)³	N	Mean (sd) annual consultations	GEE IRR (95% CI)²	GEE IRR (95% CI)²	GEE IRR (95% CI)³
Majority	50,334	3.37 (4.67)	1.00⁴			49,140	3.05 (4.52)	1.00⁵
Nordics	877	3.44 (4.17)	1.00 (0.98–1.02)	1.04 (1.01–1.08)	1.05 (1.01–1.08)	748	2.83 (3.95)	0.98 (0.95–1.01)	0.98 (0.95–1.02)	0.98 (0.95–1.02)
Western- Europe (etc)	714	3.64 (5.19)	1.02 (0.99–1.04)	1.06 (1.02–1.10)	1.07 (1.03–1.12)	528	3.04 (3.81)	1.01 (0.98–1.03)	1.01 (0.97–1.04)	1.01 (0.97–1.05)
EU Eastern Europe	570	3.11 (4.01)	0.98 (0.96–1.01)	1.02 (0.99–1.07)	1.04 (0.99–1.08)	515	2.89 (4.16)	0.98 (0.95–1.02)	0.99 (0.95–1.03)	0.99 (0.95–1.03)
Non-EU Eastern Europe	904	2.67 (3.50)	0.95 (0.92–0.67)	0.98 (0.95–1.02)	0.99 (0.96–1.03)	991	2.66 (3.31)	0.97 (0.95–0.99)	0.97 (0.94–1.00)	0.97 (0.94–1.01)
Middle East / North Africa	1438	2.74 (3.38)	0.95 (0.94–0.97)	0.99 (0.96–1.03)	0.99 (0.96–1.03)	1476	2.79 (3.47)	0.98 (0.96–0.99)	0.98 (0.95–1.02)	0.99 (0.95–1.02)
Sub-Saharan Africa	420	2.52 (3.96)	0.92 (0.88–0.95)	0.96 (0.91–1.01)	0.97 (0.92–1.02)	529	2.68 (3.99)	0.95 (0.92–0.98)	0.97 (0.93–1.01)	0.97 (0.93–1.01)
South Asia	585	2.81 (3.63)	0.96 (0.93–0.98)	1.00⁶		643	2.96 (3.97)	0.99 (0.97–1.02)	1.00⁶	1.00⁶
East/ South East Asia	532	2.72 (3.90)	0.95 (0.92–0.98)	0.99 (0.95–1.03)	0.99 (0.95–1.04)	422	2.54 (3.69)	0.96 (0.92–0.99)	0.96 (0.91–1.00)	0.96 (0.91–1.00)

¹ Generalised estimated equations ²adjusted for age and income level; ³ adjusted for age, income level and length of residency; ⁴analysis based on 56.374 individuals (present in dataset on average 4.8 years); ⁵based on 54, 992 individuals (present on average 4.8 years); ⁶based on migrants only (present on average 4.8 years)

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