Table 1. Refugee Characteristics (N = 2,269), Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 2011–2013.
| Characteristic | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Age, y | |
| 9–12 | 431 (19) |
| 13–26 | 1,838 (81) |
| Arrival year | |
| 2011 | 696 (31) |
| 2012 | 821 (36) |
| 2013 | 752 (33) |
| Sexa | |
| Female | 1,040 (46) |
| Male | 1,228 (54) |
| Raceb | |
| White | 679 (30) |
| Black | 803 (35) |
| Asian | 765 (34) |
| Other | 12 (0.5) |
| Unknown | 10 (0.4) |
| Regionc | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa, excluding Somalia | 481 (21) |
| Somalia | 255 (11) |
| Near East, excluding Iraq | 24 (1) |
| Iraq | 571 (25) |
| South and Central Asia, excluding Bhutan | 29 (1) |
| Bhutan | 538 (24) |
| East Asia and Pacific | 214 (9) |
| Europe and Eurasia | 64 (3) |
| Western Hemisphere | 93 (4) |
a
One refugee had missing data for sex.
b
Ten refugees had missing data for race.
c
World regions are the regions used by the US Department of State. Three countries — Somalia, Iraq, and Bhutan — were evaluated separately from their world region categories because they had a sufficient number of refugee arrivals to warrant individual analyses.