Table 3.
Incidence rate ratios and 95% confidence intervals showing population differences in non-affective psychotic disorders (ICD-10 codes F20–F29) among refugees, migrants and descendants compared with majority youth adjusted for socio-demographic risk factors
| Simple model | Full model | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men IRR [95% CI] | Women IRR [95% CI] | Men IRR [95% CI] | Women IRR [95% CI] | |
| Denmark (person-years) | (6,180,192) | (5,870,651) | (6,180,192) | (5,870,651) |
| Population (ref: majority) | ||||
| Refugees | 2.54*** | 1.55*** | 1.96*** | 1.21* |
| [2.32–2.79] | [1.33–1.80] | [1.78–2.16] | [1.04–1.41] | |
| Migrants | 2.26*** | 1.55*** | 1.75*** | 1.19* |
| [2.01–2.53] | [1.33–1.82] | [1.55–1.97] | [1.01–1.40] | |
| Descendants | 1.90*** | 1.13 | 1.51*** | 0.90 |
| [1.68–2.15] | [0.94–1.36] | [1.33–1.72] | [0.75–1.09] | |
| Socio-economic variables | ||||
| Disability pensiona | 2.42*** | 2.56*** | ||
| [2.13–2.75] | [2.16–3.04] | |||
| Unemploymenta | 1.58*** | 1.23*** | ||
| [1.48–1.68] | [1.13–1.34] | |||
| Sickness absencea | 2.33*** | 2.80*** | ||
| [2.12–2.57] | [2.50–3.12] | |||
| Urban municipalityb | 1.31*** | 1.32*** | ||
| [1.24–1.37] | [1.24–1.40] | |||
| Low income familyb | 2.42*** | 2.56*** | ||
| [2.13–2.75] | [2.16–3.04] | |||
| Sweden (person-years) | (10,854,560) | (10,205,232) | (10,854,560) | (10,205,232) |
| Population (ref: majority) | ||||
| Refugees | 2.85*** | 2.30*** | 2.19*** | 2.05*** |
| [2.65–3.05] | [2.06–2.57] | [2.03–2.36] | [1.83–2.30] | |
| Migrants | 2.57*** | 2.50*** | 2.04*** | 2.16*** |
| [2.35–2.81] | [2.22–2.81] | [1.86–2.23] | [1.91–2.44] | |
| Descendants | 2.11*** | 1.67*** | 1.74*** | 1.48** |
| [1.75–2.55] | [1.24–2.23] | [1.44–2.10] | [1.10–1.98] | |
| Socio-economic variables | ||||
| Disability pensiona | 5.37*** | 5.84*** | ||
| [4.96–5.82] | [5.26–6.48] | |||
| Unemploymenta | 2.69*** | 2.06*** | ||
| [2.55–2.84] | [1.90–2.24] | |||
| Sickness absencea | 2.74*** | 2.12*** | ||
| [2.49–3.01] | [1.90–2.37] | |||
| Urban municipalityb | 1.25*** | 1.14*** | ||
| [1.19–1.32] | [1.06–1.23] | |||
| Low income familyb | 1.61*** | 1.38*** | ||
| [1.50–1.73] | [1.26–1.53] | |||
Poisson model (individual-level data, replication across countries)
Age and age squared included as continuous terms and year of entry included as fixed effects in all models
aTime-varying covariate measured preceding year
bMeasured at age 18
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001