Table 1.
Characteristics of the study populations in Denmark and Sweden
| Denmark | Sweden | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refugees | Migrant | Descendants | Majority | Refugees | Migrant | Descendant | Majority | |||||||||
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| Total populations (n) | 18,776 | 15,536 | 15,894 | 16,185 | 14,072 | 13,705 | 760,262 | 725,088 | 84,423 | 68,721 | 64,027 | 65,131 | 12,372 | 11,664 | 1,253,036 | 1,184,543 |
| Psychosis cases (n) | 483 | 179 | 313 | 162 | 259 | 118 | 6229 | 4450 | 947 | 363 | 552 | 309 | 111 | 46 | 4739 | 2574 |
| F2 diagnosis at first contact | ||||||||||||||||
| Schizophrenia (F20) (%) | 32.7 | 31.5 | 33.0 | 25.5 | 30.1 | 35.0 | 34.8 | 33.7 | 9.3 | 6.1 | 9.1 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 6.4 | 5.4 |
| Schizotypal (F21) (%) | 7.2 | 8.4 | 12.2 | 14.9 | 6.6 | 16.2 | 24.8 | 24.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.3 |
| Delusional (F22) (%) | 12.6 | 14.6 | 13.1 | 8.1 | 16.2 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.1 |
| Brief psy. epi. (F23) (%) | 32.9 | 34.8 | 31.4 | 35.4 | 35.5 | 27.4 | 20.4 | 20.2 | 33.2 | 37.7 | 29.7 | 39.8 | 17.1 | 30.4 | 36.3 | 42.0 |
| Other (F24–29) (%) | 14.5 | 10.7 | 10.3 | 16.1 | 11.6 | 15.4 | 10.9 | 14.6 | 50.3 | 48.8 | 53.4 | 42.1 | 64.9 | 54.4 | 46.8 | 43.2 |
| Type of admission | ||||||||||||||||
| In-patient (%) | 38.3 | 37.6 | 43.9 | 44.7 | 37.8 | 29.9 | 30.0 | 27.7 | 55.9 | 57.6 | 54.4 | 56.6 | 49.6 | 41.3 | 51.8 | 51.2 |
| Spec. out-patient (%) | 61.7 | 62.4 | 56.1 | 55.3 | 62.2 | 70.1 | 70.0 | 72.3 | 44.1 | 42.4 | 45.6 | 43.4 | 50.4 | 58.7 | 48.2 | 48.8 |
| Low-inc familya (%) | 31.7 | 30.0 | 15.0 | 15.7 | 18.6 | 19.1 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 32.8 | 28.1 | 23.1 | 24.0 | 17.5 | 18.4 | 6.1 | 8.5 |
| Urban citya (%) | 37.3 | 38.4 | 31.3 | 31.6 | 63.8 | 64.1 | 23.8 | 24.0 | 46.3 | 49.0 | 45.9 | 45.0 | 68.4 | 68.4 | 28.0 | 28.2 |
| Socio-econ. covariatesb | ||||||||||||||||
| Unemployment (%) | 51.8 | 53.3 | 19.2 | 24.2 | 42.4 | 47.3 | 36.6 | 45.1 | 59.5 | 55.2 | 47.0 | 43.2 | 51.5 | 47.9 | 41.0 | 39.8 |
| Sickness absence (%) | 15.6 | 15.5 | 4.8 | 6.6 | 14.4 | 16.7 | 12.9 | 17.8 | 12.8 | 22.3 | 10.9 | 21.3 | 14.9 | 28.6 | 12.9 | 24.9 |
| Disability pension (%) | 2.8 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| Age at first contact median | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 26 |
| (IQR) | (22–28) | (21–29) | (21–29) | (21–28) | (21–28) | (21–28) | (21–28) | (20–27) | (21–29) | (21–29) | (22–30) | (22–31) | (22–30) | (23–30) | (22–29) | (22–30) |
aMeasured year turning 18
bAt any point during study period