Table 3.
Characteristics of MS in UKI immigrants among the 44 Group I (early immigrant) cases who entered before 1947, and the 258 Group II (late or post-war immigrant) cases who entered in or after 1947, by state of residence in the Four States of Australia
| Feature | State | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW | QLD | SA | WA | Total four states | |
| I. Early immigrants (before 1947) | |||||
| N(F) | 19 (11) | 10(5) | 5 (3) | 10(6) | 44 (25) |
| YOI | 1928.5 | 1927.7 | 1925.6 | 1927.8 | 1927.8 |
| AAI | 6.6 | 16.9 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 9.5 |
| YOO | 1960.5 | 1952.2 | 1963.0 | 1955.4 | 1957.7 |
| AAO | 38.6 | 41.2 | 45.2 | 36.3 | 39.4 |
| Age 81 | 59.1 | 70.2 | 63.2 | 61.4 | 62.6 |
| YOB | 1921.9 | 1910.8 | 1917.8 | 1919.6 | 1918.4 |
| ∆ O–I | 31.9 | 24.3 | 37.4 | 27.8 | 29.9 |
| II. Post war immigrants (1947+) | |||||
| N(F) | 122 (86) | 41 (28) | 39 (27) | 56 (41) | 258 (182) |
| YOI | 1963.4 | 1959.8 | 1962.7 | 1961.2 | 1962.3 |
| AAI | 21.6 | 23.0 | 25.3 | 26.3 | 23.4 |
| YOO | 1973.2 | 1969.2 | 1970.9 | 1970.4 | 1971.6 |
| AAO | 31.3 | 32.4 | 35.4 | 35.6 | 33.0 |
| Age 81 | 39.2 | 43.7 | 45.4 | 46.2 | 42.3 |
| YOB | 1941.8 | 1937.3 | 1935.6 | 1934.8 | 1938.7 |
| ∆ O–I | 9.7 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 9.6 |
| Both | |||||
| N(F) | 141 (97) | 51 (33) | 44 (30) | 66 (47) | 302 (207) |
| YOI | 1958.7 | 1953.5 | 1958.5 | 1956.1 | 1957.2 |
| AAI | 19.6 | 21.8 | 23.3 | 23.6 | 21.4 |
| YOO | 1971.5 | 1965.9 | 1970.0 | 1968.1 | 1969.6 |
| AAO | 32.3 | 34.1 | 36.5 | 35.7 | 33.9 |
| Age 81 | 41.8 | 48.9 | 47.4 | 48.5 | 45.3 |
| YOB | 1939.2 | 1933.3 | 1933.6 | 1932.5 | 1935.9 |
| ∆ O–I | 12.7 | 12.3 | 13.2 | 11.9 | 12.5 |
N Number of cases, F females. YOI year of immigration, AAI age at immigration, YOO year of onset, AAO age at onset, age 81 age in 1981, YOB year of birth, ∆ O–I years between immigration and onset. All values are means