Table 3.
HRs and 95% CIs of disability pension and mortality among refugees with specific somatic disorders compared with Swedish-born individuals with similar somatic disorders, resident in Sweden in 2009; follow-up 2010–2013
| Disability pension (n=4 058 718) | Mortality (n=4 373 640) | |||||
| n (%)* | Crude | Adjusted† | n (%)* | Crude | Adjusted† | |
| Infectious and parasitic diseases | ||||||
| Swedish-born individuals | 3028 (1.68) | 1 | 1 | 4469 (2.16) | 1 | 1 |
| Refugees | 429 (2.87) | 1.72 (1.56 to 1.91) | 1.14 (1.02 to 1.27) | 224 (1.30) | 0.60 (0.53 to 0.69) | 0.52 (0.45 to 0.60) |
| Neoplasm | ||||||
| Swedish-born individuals | 3267 (1.43) | 1 | 1 | 6663 (2.59) | 1 | 1 |
| Refugees | 422 (3.97) | 2.81 (2.54 to 3.11) | 1.72 (1.54 to 1.92) | 315 (2.43) | 0.94 (0.84 to 1.06) | 0.69 (0.61 to 0.77) |
| Diabetes mellitus | ||||||
| Swedish-born individuals | 2062 (2.75) | 1 | 1 | 3476 (3.57) | 1 | 1 |
| Refugees | 424 (5.84) | 2.16 (1.94 to 2.39) | 1.30 (1.15 to 1.47) | 219 (2.15) | 0.60 (0.52 to 0.69) | 0.47 (0.41 to 0.54) |
| Diseases of the circulatory system | ||||||
| Swedish-born individuals | 5683 (3.02) | 1 | 1 | 6945 (2.98) | 1 | 1 |
| Refugees | 671 (5.72) | 1.92 (1.77 to 2.08) | 1.33 (1.22 to 1.45) | 312 (2.00) | 0.67 (0.60 to 0.75) | 0.52 (0.46 to 0.58) |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | ||||||
| Swedish-born individuals | 3781 (1.80) | 1 | 1 | 4891 (2.02) | 1 | 1 |
| Refugees | 444 (3.03) | 1.70 (1.54 to 1.87) | 1.08 (0.98 to 1.21) | 214 (1.24) | 0.61 (0.54 to 0.70) | 0.47 (0.41 to 0.54) |
| Diseases of the digestive system | ||||||
| Swedish-born individuals | 4814 (1.71) | 1 | 1 | 5987 (1.81) | 1 | 1 |
| Refugees | 707 (3.21) | 1.90 (1.76 to 2.06) | 1.21 (1.11 to 1.32) | 285 (1.08) | 0.60 (0.53 to 0.67) | 0.47 (0.42 to 0.53) |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system | ||||||
| Swedish-born individuals | 8427 (1.92) | 1 | 1 | 6397 (1.23) | 1 | 1 |
| Refugees | 1338 (4.84) | 2.56 (2.42 to 2.72) | 1.57 (1.47 to 1.67) | 301 (0.86) | 0.70 (0.63 to 0.79) | 0.49 (0.44 to 0.55) |
| Diseases of the nervous system | ||||||
| Swedish-born individuals | 5421 (3.98) | 1 | 1 | 4405 (2.42) | 1 | 1 |
| Refugees | 548 (6.25) | 1.59 (1.45 to 1.73) | 1.02 (0.93 to 1.13) | 165 (1.40) | 0.58 (0.49 to 0.67) | 0.47 (0.40 to 0.55) |
| Other somatic disorders | ||||||
| Swedish-born individuals | 20 443 (1.15) | 1 | 1 | 19 138 (0.97) | 1 | 1 |
| Refugees | 2690 (2.43) | 2.14 (2.06 to 2.23) | 1.28 (1.23 to 1.34) | 866 (0.69) | 0.71 (0.66 to 0.76) | 0.51 (0.48 to 0.55) |
*Number of individuals with the outcome during the follow-up period.
†Adjusted for sociodemographic factors, that is, sex, age, educational level, type of living area, family situation, measured on 31st of December 2009; work-related factors, that is, income from work and unemployment during 2009; and health-related factors, that is, sickness absence during 2009 and a main or secondary diagnosis of a mental disorder from inpatient or specialised outpatient healthcare 2006–2009.