Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the study population

	Male		Female		All
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age
0- < 5 yrs	154	3.75	158	3.85	312	7.6
5- < 10 yrs	118	2.87	119	2.9	237	5.77
10- < 15 yrs	110	2.68	64	1.56	174	4.24
15- < 20 yrs	344	8.38	92	2.24	436	10.62
20- < 25 yrs	655	15.95	134	3.26	789	19.21
25- < 30 yrs	601	14.63	164	3.99	765	18.63
30- < 35 yrs	424	10.32	124	3.02	548	13.34
35- < 40 yrs	249	6.06	95	2.31	344	8.38
40- < 45 yrs	154	3.75	48	1.17	202	4.92
45- < 50 yrs	113	2.75	32	0.78	145	3.53
50- < 55 yrs	42	1.02	25	0.61	67	1.63
55- < 60 yrs	17	0.41	20	0.49	37	0.9
60- < 65 yrs	9	0.22	11	0.27	20	0.49
> 65 yrs	14	0.34	17	0.41	31	0.75
Sum	3004	73.14	1103	26.86	4107	100
Country of origin
Syria	1461	35.57	496	12.08	1957	47.65
Afghanistan	244	5.94	110	2.68	354	8.62
Iran	115	2.8	65	1.58	180	4.38
Somalia	109	2.65	64	1.56	173	4.21
Benin	141	3.43	27	0.66	168	4.09
India	88	2.14	33	0.8	121	2.95
Guinea-Bissau	101	2.46	15	0.37	116	2.82
Niger	94	2.29	7	0.17	101	2.46
Russian Federation	49	1.19	49	1.19	98	2.39
Iraq	61	1.49	35	0.85	96	2.34
Unknown/missing	26	0.63	11	0.27	37	0.9
Others	515	12.54	191	4.65	706	17.19
Sum	3004	73.14	1103	26.86	4107	100
Time under observation
Less than 30 days	249	6.06	125	3.04	374	9.11
31-60 days	591	14.39	300	7.3	891	21.69
61–90 days	375	9.13	139	3.38	514	12.52
91–120 days	467	11.37	103	2.51	570	13.88
121–180 days	360	8.77	45	1.1	405	9.86
181–240 days	137	3.34	47	1.14	184	4.48
241–300 days	132	3.21	47	1.14	179	4.36
More than 300 days	693	16.87	297	7.23	990	24.11
Sum	3004	73.14	1103	26.84	4107	100