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. 2012 Sep 7;12:308. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-308

Table 1.

Description of the material, native Norwegians and immigrants from Poland, Germany, Somalia, and Iraq (95% CI)

  Norway Poland Germany Somalia Iraq
Number of patients
684 978
3 658
1 770
4 793
5 382
Mean age (years)
40.2 (40.1 – 40.2)
29.5 (29.0 – 30.0)
35.4 (34.4 – 36.4)
21.1 (20.6 – 21.5)
24.9 (24.4 – 25.3)
Percentage women
53.4 (53.3 – 53.5)
39.5 (37.9 – 41.1)
53.2 (50.9 – 55.5)
51.7 (50.3 – 53.1)
47.0 (45.7 – 48.3)
Immigrants’ length of stay in Norway (years)
-
4.9 (4.6 – 5.2)
10.7 (10.0 – 11.4)
6.2 (6.1 – 6.3)
6.8 (6.7 – 6.9)
Percentage with Norwegian citizenship
100.0 (100.0 – 100.0)
15.4 (14.3 – 16.6)
17.4 (15.7 – 19.2)
53.1 (51.7 – 54.5)
53.1 (51.8 – 54.4)
Percentage rural (centrality 0)
13.4 (13.3 – 13.5)
5.2 (4.5 – 5.9)
9.9 (8.5 – 11.3)
3.7 (3.2 – 4.2)
2.8 (2.4 – 3.2)
Percentage enlisted with a RGP
97.8 (97.8 – 97.8)
92.3 (91.4 – 93.1)
93.3 (92.1 – 94.4)
97.9 (97.4 – 98.3)
98.7 (98.3 – 99.0)
Reason for immigration
(percentage of all immigrants with ≤ 18 years length of stay):
 
 
 
 
 
N
 
3 306
1 426
4 638
5 261
Protection
-
0.5 (0.3 – 0.7)
1.1 (0.6 – 1.6)
40.6 (39.2 – 42.0)
43.7 (42.4 – 45.0)
Work
-
58.7 (57.0 – 60.4)
47.9 (45.3 – 50.5)
0.0 (0.0 – 0.0)
0.2 (0.1 – 0.3)
Family reunion
-
29.9 (28.3 – 31.5)
32.9 (30.5 – 35.3)
25.9 (24.6 – 27.2)
30.6 (29.4 – 31.9)
Other, unknown - 10.9 (9.8 – 12.0) 18.1 (16.1 – 20.1) 33.5 (32.1 – 34.9) 25.5 (24.3 – 26.7)