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. 2022 May 5;53(10):4395–4404. doi: 10.1017/S0033291722001192

Table 3.

Migrants to the Netherlands v. native-born controls (=Reference population): Rates for migrants (number/10 000 person-years) and Incidence Rate Ratios (IRRs) of Incident Diagnosis Treatment Combinations (IDTCs, 2011–2016), by number of years since arrival, age, and region of origin

Age at arrival* 10–20 year IRR [95%–CI] 20–40 year IRR [95%–CI] 40–60 year IRR [95%–CI]
Region of origin Rate (/10 000 person-years) Rate (/10 000 person-years) Rate (/10 000 person-years)
Years since arrival
Non-Western migrants: other 1 9.9 1.63 [0.94–2.85] 13.7 0.50 [0.41–0.61] 25.2 0.64 [0.45–0.90]
2–3 7.4 2.18 [1.30–3.66] 8.4 1.13 [0.93–1.38] 14.5 2.84 [1.81–4.46]
4–6 8.0 1.45 [0.73–2.87] 6.9 1.35 [0.95–1.91] 10.7 2.91 [1.29–6.56]
Year 1–6: χ2, df, p value 1.02, 2, 0.601 42.2, 2, <0.001 31.4, 2, 0.001
Non-Western migrants: Sub-Saharan Africa 1 32.9 6.09 [2.93–12.64] 62.4 2.32 [1.78–3.04] 48.9 2.03 [0.99–4.15]
2–3 17.8 8.27 [3.38–20.22] 23.4 3.03 [2.12–4.34] 13.0 2.50 [0.84–7.45]
4–6 16.8 10.27 [2.25–46.86] 19.0 2.92 [1.57–5.43] 7.4 2.08 [0.29–14.75]
Year 1–6: χ2, df, p value 0.50, 2, 0.778 1.52, 2, 0.468 0.10, 2, 0.950
Western migrants: Eastern Europe 1 8.7 1.41 [0.61–3.26] 14.3 0.48 [0.39–0.59] 16.9 0.39 [0.25–0.61]
2–3 3.2 0.62 [0.27–1.44] 8.3 1.11 [0.90–1.38] 8.7 1.08 [0.67–1.76]
4–6 6.3 1.16 [0.43–3.14] 7.5 1.42 [0.99–2.04] 10.5 3.88 [1.55–9.73]
Year 1–6: χ2, df, p value 1.98, 2, 0.371 41.9, 2, <0.001 23.0, 2, <0.001
Western migrants: other 1 1.0 0.13 [0.02–0.97] 7.1 0.26 [0.19–0.35] 12.1 0.30 [0.17–0.53]
2–3 2.8 0.46 [0.21–0.98] 4.9 0.64 [0.49–0.84] 6.5 0.89 [0.50–1.58]
4–6 5.3 1.03 [0.36–2.98] 3.8 0.92 [0.53–1.59] 4.1 1.45 [0.41–5.13]
Year 1–6: χ2, df, p value 3.54, 2, 0.171 26.69, 2, <0.001 9.160, 2, 0.010

*Tables 2 and 3: Age of arrival was categorised in these broad age groups. The matching of cases to controls was done in a more fine-grained way by categorising calendar year of birth in 5-year groups (see Methods).