Table 2. A. Incidence of criminal convictions and hospital care due to substance misuse in male and female refugees and Swedish-born peers (n = 960,641).
| Variables | Criminal convictions | Hospital care due do substance misuse | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |||||
| Cases | Incidence rate | Cases | Incidence rate | Cases | Incidence rate | Cases | Incidence rate | |
| (95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | |||||
| Study population | ||||||||
| Sweden | 10,464 | 273.7 (271–282) | 1,933 | 53.6 (52–56) | 6,366 | 167.3 (163–171) | 2,818 | 78.2 (75–81) |
| Unaccompanied refugees | 232 | 846.4 (744–962) | 7 | 41.8 (20–87) | 87 | 250.4 (250–301) | 10 | 59.7 (32–111) |
| Accompanied refugees | 842 | 943.9 (882–1009) | 25 | 30 (20–45) | 310 | 336.7 (301–376) | 43 | 52.4 (39–70) |
| Income (quintile) | ||||||||
| 1 | 3,247 | 859.8 (830–889) | 666 | 153 (141–165) | 1,827 | 472.8 (451–495) | 767 | 176.2 (164–189) |
| 2 | 2,149 | 392.6 (376–409) | 554 | 70.1 (70–82) | 1,392 | 252.4 (239–266) | 767 | 105.6 (98–113) |
| 3 | 2,148 | 300 (287–313) | 381 | 43 (39–47) | 1,406 | 195.2 (185–205) | 672 | 76.3 (70–82) |
| 4 | 2,145 | 230 (221–240) | 247 | 26.3 (23–29) | 1,216 | 130.1 (122–137) | 457 | 48.8 (44–53) |
| 5 | 1,633 | 124 (118–130) | 99 | 13.9 (11–17) | 805 | 65.2 (60–69) | 194 | 27.3 (23–31) |
| Origen | ||||||||
| F.Yugoslavia | 270 | 710.9 (630–800) | 7 | 19.9 (9–40) | 101 | 259.7 (213–315) | 17 | 47.3 (29–76) |
| Horn of Africa | 219 | 1484 (1300–1694) | 9 | 79.9 (41–153) | 60 | 384.9 (298–495) | 7 | 62.1 (29–130) |
| Iraq | 144 | 694.6 (589–817) | 4 | 25.2 (9–67) | 57 | 269.3 (207–349) | 8 | 50.5 (25–101) |
| Iran | 90 | 838 (682–1031) | 5 | 65.8 (27–158) | 60 | 550.6 (427–709) | 12 | 158.2 (89–278) |
| Other | 351 | 1082 (975–1202) | 7 | 24.9 (11–52) | 119 | 353.4 (295–423) | 9 | 31.9 (16–61) |
| Domicile | ||||||||
| Big city | 5,149 | 304.7 (296–313) | 805 | 48.7 (45–52) | 2,930 | 172.2 (172–179) | 1,268 | 76.8 (72–81) |
| Town | 4,739 | 289.3 (281–297) | 888 | 58.4 (54–62) | 2,832 | 171.8 (165–178) | 1,209 | 79.8 (75–84) |
| Rural | 1,322 | 262.9 (249–277) | 230 | 43.9 (43–56) | 788 | 155.8 (145–167) | 349 | 75.9 (68–84) |
| Residency (years) | ||||||||
| 0–5 years | 164 | 982.5 (843–1145) | 8 | 57.2 (28–114) | 47 | 270 (203–360) | 25 | 59.7 (40–88) |
| 6–10 years | 483 | 1038 (949–1135) | 8 | 18.9 (9–38) | 167 | 346 (297–403) | 20 | 46.6 (30–72) |
| 11 and more | 427 | 799.6 (727–879) | 16 | 37.1 (22–60) | 183 | 335 (289–387) | 24 | 37.4 (37–83) |
Incidence rate per 100,000 person years