Table 1.
Baseline characteristics in immigrants and long-term residents with a first-ever diagnosis of ischaemic stroke, cancer or schizophrenia between 2002 and 2012 in Ontario, Canada
| Ischaemic stroke | Cancer | Schizophrenia | ||||
| Immigrants | Long-term residents | Immigrants | Long-term residents | Immigrants | Long-term residents | |
| 2078 (8.5) | 22 479 (91.5) | 26 084 (8.4) | 284 445 (91.6) | 9525 (17.4) | 45 166 (82.6) | |
| Female, n (%) | 982 (47.3) | 10 697 (47.6) | 13 602 (52.1) | 130 324 (45.8) | 4346 (45.6) | 19 943 (44.2) |
| Median age in years at index event (Q1–Q3) | 68 (55–78) | 74 (63–82) | 58 (48–70) | 67 (58–76) | 34 (25–45) | 40 (26–53) |
| Neighbourhood-level income, n (%) | ||||||
| Lowest quintile (first) | 668 (32.1) | 5043 (22.4) | 7041 (27.0) | 50 044 (17.6) | 3803 (39.9) | 13 525 (29.9) |
| Highest quintile (fifth) | 201 (9.7) | 4330 (19.3) | 3326 (12.8) | 62 667 (22.0) | 734 (7.7) | 6434 (14.2) |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 1420 (68.3) | 16 046 (71.4) | 11 120 (42.6) | 152 177 (53.5) | 1165 (12.2) | 8253 (18.3) |
| Diabetes, n (%) | 727 (35.0) | 6495 (28.9) | 4850 (18.6) | 53 444 (18.8) | 737 (7.7) | 4178 (9.3) |
| Congestive heart failure, n (%) | 258 (12.4) | 3728 (16.6) | 878 (3.4) | 20 721 (7.3) | 59 (0.6) | 807 (1.8) |
| COPD, n (%) | 111 (5.3) | 2547 (11.3) | 1023 (3.9) | 31 745 (11.2) | 60 (0.6) | 1494 (3.3) |
| Atrial fibrillation, n (%) | 243 (11.7) | 3786 (16.8) | 777 (3.0) | 19 278 (6.8) | 34 (0.4) | 525 (1.2) |
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.