Table 2. Background characteristics of asylum seekers and refugees admitted to Helsinki University Hospital, by country of origin^a, Finland, January 2010–August 2017 (n = 447 patients).

Patient attributes	Iraq n = 208		Afghanistan n = 46		Syria n = 43		Somalia n = 31		Nigeria n = 16		Other or unknown n = 103		Total n = 447
Patient attributes	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex
Male	109	52.4	25	54.3	19	44.2	11	35.5	4	25.0	42	40.8	210	47.0
Female	99	47.6	21	45.7	24	55.8	20	64.5	12	75.0	61	59.2	237	53.0
Median age (years)	26		19		25		22		30		26		25
Age group (years)
0–5	27	13.0	4	8.7	5	11.6	1	3.2	1	6.3	16	15.5	54	12.1
6–15	20	9.6	12	26.1	9	20.9	2	6.5	0	0.0	10	9.7	53	11.9
16–25	54	26.0	13	28.3	9	20.9	17	54.8	4	25.0	24	23.3	121	27.1
26–35	76	36.5	10	21.7	15	34.9	8	25.8	10	62.5	33	32.0	152	34.0
> 35	31	14.9	7	15.2	5	11.6	3	9.7	1	6.3	20	19.4	67	15.0
Charlson Comorbidity Index
0 points	197	94.7	43	93.5	38	88.4	28	90.3	16	100.0	95	92.2	417	93.3
1 point	1	0.5	2	4.3	1	2.3	1	3.2	0	0.0	1	1.0	6	1.3
2–3 points	7	3.4	1	2.2	4	9.3	2	6.5	0	0.0	6	5.8	20	4.5
4–5 points	1	0.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	1.0	2	0.4
> 5 points	2	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	0.4

^aThe data are only presented for the five most common countries (in total, the study population originated in 41 different countries).

Table 2. Background characteristics of asylum seekers and refugees admitted to Helsinki University Hospital, by country of origina, Finland, January 2010–August 2017 (n = 447 patients).