Table 2. Baseline characteristics of study cohort by migrant status, Denmark, 1993–2015 (n = 997,134).
| Characteristics | Danish-born | All migrants | Former asylum seekers | Quota refugees | Family-reunified to Danish/Nordic citizens | Family-reunified to immigrants | Family-reunified to refugees | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | |
| Total cohort | 85.7 | 854,820 | 14.3 | 142,314 | 37.9 | 53,860 | 4.1 | 5,892 | 40.9 | 58,135 | 6.9 | 9,780 | 10.3 | 14,647 |
| Age at residency (migrants) or cohort inclusion (Danish-born population), years (mean, SD) | 32.7 | 10.7 | 32.7 | 10.7 | 34.3 | 11.8 | 33.1 | 11.1 | 31.8 | 9.2 | 29.1 | 10.1 | 32.4 | 11.0 |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||
| Female | 56.1 | 479,189 | 56.1 | 79,784 | 36.4 | 19,582 | 40.5 | 2,384 | 68.3 | 39,706 | 64.2 | 6,277 | 80.8 | 11,835 |
| Male | 43.9 | 375,631 | 43.9 | 62,530 | 63.4 | 34,278 | 59.5 | 3,508 | 31.7 | 18,429 | 35.8 | 3,503 | 19.2 | 2,812 |
| Region of origin | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Europe and Central Asia | NA | NA | 24.4 | 34,755 | 33.9 | 18,263 | 0.7 | 41 | 16.8 | 9,791 | 55.9 | 5,471 | 8.1 | 1,189 |
| Europe, North America and Oceania | NA | NA | 10.8 | 15,354 | 0.4 | 234 | 0.0 | 1 | 24.2 | 14,066 | 6.1 | 599 | 3.1 | 454 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | NA | NA | 3.5 | 4,955 | 0.1 | 44 | 3.0 | 177 | 7.9 | 4,612 | 0.9 | 87 | 0.2 | 35 |
| Middle East and North Africa | NA | NA | 25.1 | 35,733 | 37.6 | 20,263 | 35.9 | 2,119 | 10.3 | 5,970 | 11.2 | 1,099 | 42.9 | 6,282 |
| South-East Asia | NA | NA | 22.4 | 31,911 | 9.8 | 5,271 | 33.8 | 1,992 | 33.1 | 19,238 | 20.4 | 1,995 | 23.3 | 3,415 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | NA | NA | 13.8 | 19,606 | 18.2 | 9,785 | 26.5 | 1,562 | 7.7 | 4,458 | 5.4 | 529 | 22.3 | 3,272 |
| 10 most frequent countries of origin | ||||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | NA | NA | 4.6 | 6,487 | 7.9 | 4,240 | 6.7 | 394 | 0.4 | 215 | 0.5 | 45 | 10.9 | 1,593 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | NA | NA | 10.5 | 14,918 | 25.8 | 13,879 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 389 | 0.8 | 75 | 3.9 | 575 |
| Iran | NA | NA | 3.7 | 5,235 | 4.2 | 2,249 | 12.3 | 723 | 2.1 | 1,239 | 0.8 | 81 | 6.4 | 943 |
| Iraq | NA | NA | 8.6 | 12,166 | 13.4 | 7,194 | 19.8 | 1,167 | 1.0 | 552 | 0.8 | 74 | 21.7 | 3,179 |
| Philippines | NA | NA | 2.6 | 3,713 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.1 | 3,521 | 1.8 | 172 | 0.1 | 18 |
| Russia | NA | NA | 2.4 | 3,359 | 1.6 | 876 | 0.3 | 20 | 3.9 | 2,236 | 1.0 | 94 | 0.9 | 133 |
| Somalia | NA | NA | 6.4 | 9,144 | 11.1 | 5,963 | 3.8 | 222 | 0.3 | 156 | 0.5 | 53 | 18.9 | 2,750 |
| Syria | NA | NA | 8.4 | 11,951 | 18.6 | 9,989 | 3.1 | 181 | 0.3 | 200 | 0.3 | 33 | 10.6 | 1,548 |
| Thailand | NA | NA | 5.0 | 7,133 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 12.0 | 6,967 | 1.4 | 139 | 0.3 | 26 |
| Turkey | NA | NA | 6.4 | 9,087 | 0.1 | 58 | 0.0 | 2 | 8.6 | 4,981 | 40.3 | 3,945 | 0.7 | 101 |
| HIV positive | 0.1 | 401 | 0.4 | 540 | 0.1 | 74 | 1.4 | 83 | 0.6 | 333 | 0.3 | 25 | 0.2 | 25 |
| Follow-up time, years (mean, SD) | 12.4 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 11.1 | 6.6 | 10.0 | 6.6 | 13.3 | 6.8 | 11.3 | 6.9 |
| Events follow-up | ||||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis cases | 0.04 | 398 | 1.3 | 1,841 | 1.7 | 923 | 2.1 | 125 | 0.6 | 372 | 0.9 | 92 | 2.3 | 329 |
| Death | 3.6 | 30,565 | 2.5 | 3,559 | 4.1 | 2,227 | 3.0 | 176 | 1.3 | 738 | 1.9 | 182 | 1.6 | 236 |
| Emigration | 0.0 | 0 | 14.3 | 20,365 | 10.1 | 5,541 | 7.6 | 449 | 19.3 | 11,218 | 11.7 | 1,147 | 14.4 | 2,110 |
| Population at study end | 96.4 | 823,857 | 81.9 | 116,549 | 84.1 | 45,269 | 87.3 | 5,142 | 78.8 | 45,807 | 85.5 | 8,359 | 81.7 | 11,972 |
NA: not applicable; SD: standard deviation.
Data are presented as % (n) unless otherwise stated.