Table 4.
Characteristics of participants seen at the DEGP and SOE stratified by gender and mean age
| DEGP (general emergency clinic) | SOE (trauma clinic) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 1798 | N = 2023 | |||||
| Female | Male | Mean age | Female | Male | Mean age | |
| n (%) | n (%) | ±SD | n (%) | n (%) | ±SD | |
| Norwegians | 609 (58.3) | 435 (41.7) | 29.1 ± 21.1 | 636 (44.1)** | 806 (55.9)** | 30.0 ± 20.8 |
| Immigrants | 386 (51.2) | 368 (48.8) | 26.5 ± 16.9 | 197 (33.9)** | 384 (66.1)** | 26.8 ± 16.6 |
| First-generation | 303 (53.2) | 267 (46.8) | 32.5 ± 14.0 | 147 (34.8)** | 276 (65.2)** | 32.7 ± 14.7 |
| Second-generation | 83 (45.1) | 101 (54.9) | 8.0 ± 9.8 | 50 (31.6)* | 108 (68.4)* | 11.6 ± 10.3* |
| Total number of participants | 995 (55.3) | 803 (44.7) | 28.0 ± 19.5 | 833 (41.2)** | 1190 (58.8)** | 29.0 ± 19.7 |
| Selected countriesa | ||||||
| Sweden | 66 (60.0) | 44 (40.0) | 24.5 ± 7.9 | 24 (34.3)** | 46 (65.7)** | 28.3 ± 15.8* |
| Pakistan | 33 (45.8) | 39 (54.2) | 27.4 ± 20.5 | 31 (51.7) | 29 (48.3) | 22.8 ± 14.5 |
| Somalia | 38 (56.7) | 29 (43.3) | 18.0 ± 15.6 | 11 (25.6)* | 32 (74.4)* | 19.9 ± 14.9 |
| Poland | 25 (50.0) | 25 (50.0) | 28.5 ± 17.2 | 14 (30.4) | 32 (69.6) | 21.3 ± 10.5 |
Missing data: Gender (DEGP n = 23), (SOE n = 20)
*Indicates a significant difference in gender distribution between the clinics (p < 0.05), ** p < 0.001
a Including both immigrants and Norwegian-born with immigrant parents