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. 2023 Nov 2;59(7):1153–1165. doi: 10.1007/s00127-023-02578-x

Table 2.

Age-standardized incidence rates (IR) and incidence rate ratios (IRR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) of non-affective psychotic disorders among refugees, migrants, descendants and majority youth

Denmark Sweden Country dif.d IRR [95% CI]
Cases (pya) IRb [95% CI] IRRc [95% CI] Cases (1000 PYs) IRb [95% CI] IRRc [95% CI]
Men
 Refugees 483 285 2.8 Ref 947 140 2.9 Ref 0.5
(166) [259–311] [2.5–3.1] (652) [131–149] [2.7–3.1] [0.4–0.5]
 Migrants 313 248 2.4 0.9 859 97 1.9 0.7 0.4
(122) [220–276] [2.1–2.7] [0.7–1.0] (989) [90–103] [1.8–2.1] [0.6–0.7] [0.3–0.4]
 Descendants 259 226 2.2 0.8 111 108 2.2 0.8 0.5
(115) [197–255] [1.9–2.5] [0.7–0.9] (104) [87–128] [1.8–2.7] [0.6–0.9] [0.4–0.6]
 Majority 6229 107 Ref 0.4 4739 49 Ref 0.4 0.5
(5791) [104–110] [0.3–0.4] (9658) [47–50] [0.3–0.4] [0.5–0.5]
Women
 Refugees 179 126 1.8 Ref 363 65 2.3 Ref 0.5
(136) [108–145] [1.5–2.1] (553) [58–72] [2.1–2.6] [0.4–0.6]
 Migrants 162 127 1.7 1.0 647 60 2.1 0.9 0.5
(122) [107–147] [1.5–2.1] [0.8–1.2] (1138) [55–65] [1.9–2.3] [0.8–1.0] [0.4–0.6]
 Descendants 118 101 1.4 0.8 46 49 1.7 0.7 0.5
(110) [82–120] [1.2–1.7] [0.6–1.0] (97) [35–64] [1.3–2.3] [0.5–1.0] [0.3–0.7]
 Majority 4450 80 Ref 0.6 2574 28 Ref 0.4 0.4
(5524) [78–83] [0.5–0.7] (9115) [27–29] [0.4–0.5] [0.4–0.4]

Poisson model with group, sex, age (3-year categories) and country (pooled aggregated data)

a1000 person-years (rounded)

bIncidence rate per 100,000 person-years, post-estimation linear predictions based on model including group, sex, age and country and interactions between these (see supplementary Table A1 for full overview of interactions)

cPost-estimation linear contrasts

dPost-estimation linear contrast with Sweden as the reference group