Table 4.
Proportion healthcare workers with positive test for SARS-CoV-2 in 2020 and 2021, by country of birth, aged 35–64, Positive test status as of 31st October 2021.
| Healthcare worker |
Non-healthcare workers | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physician | Registered Nurse | Licensed practical nurse | Nurse aide | |||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N | |
| Men | ||||||
| Sweden born by Sweden born | 7594 | 6440 | 5603 | 19 852 | 1 222 589 | 1 262 078 |
| COVID-19 2020 | 906 (11.9) | 876 (13.6) | 719 (12.8) | 1430 (7.2) | 58 196 (4.8) | 62 127 |
| COVID-19 2021 | 483 (6.4) | 453 (7.0) | 400 (7.1) | 1498 (7.6) | 101 429 (8.3) | 104 263 |
| Sweden born by foreign born | 1529 | 840 | 910 | 3730 | 191 285 | 198 294 |
| COVID-19 2020 | 188 (12.3) | 122 (14.5) | 118 (13.0) | 281 (7.5) | 10 130 (5.3) | 10 839 |
| COVID-19 2021 | 115 (7.5) | 52 (6.2) | 73 (8.0) | 294 (7.9) | 16 207 (8.5) | 16 741 |
| Born within EU | 3109 | 582 | 852 | 3443 | 209 192 | 217 178 |
| COVID-19 2020 | 354 (11.4) | 90 (15.5) | 136 (16.0) | 300 (8.7) | 10 090 (4.8) | 10 970 |
| COVID-19 2021 | 211 (6.8) | 36 (6.2) | 74 (8.7) | 330 (9.6) | 17 281 (8.3) | 17 932 |
| Born outside EU | 2700 | 726 | 4024 | 10 477 | 26 6310 | 284 237 |
| COVID-19 2020 | 409 (15.2) | 132 (18.2) | 641 (15.9) | 1066 (10.2) | 16 588 (6.2) | 18 836 |
| COVID-19 2021 | 220 (8.2) | 59 (8.1) | 367 (9.1) | 995 (9.5) | 24 368 (9.2) | 26 009 |
| Women | ||||||
| Sweden born by Sweden born | 9370 | 53 824 | 80 190 | 67 418 | 998 738 | 1 209 540 |
| COVID-19 2020 | 1038 (11.1) | 6189 (11.5) | 9614 (12.0) | 4766 (7.1) | 52 305 (5.2) | 73 912 |
| COVID-19 2021 | 624 (6.7) | 4036 (7.5) | 6135 (7.6) | 5374 (8.0) | 85 412 (8.6) | 101 581 |
| Sweden born by foreign born | 1672 | 6766 | 11 393 | 11 254 | 159 087 | 190 172 |
| COVID-19 2020 | 215 (12.9) | 847 (12.5) | 1338 (11.7) | 804 (7.1) | 9049 (5.7) | 12 253 |
| COVID-19 2021 | 126 (7.5) | 522 (7.7) | 939 (8.2) | 935 (8.3) | 13 982 (8.8) | 16 504 |
| Born within EU | 4107 | 4993 | 13 379 | 11 981 | 173 928 | 208 388 |
| COVID-19 2020 | 413 (10.1) | 659 (13.2) | 2054 (15.4) | 1077 (9.0) | 9361 (5.4) | 13 564 |
| COVID-19 2021 | 268 (6.5) | 401 (8.0) | 1366 (10.2) | 1175 (9.8) | 15 702 (9.0) | 18 912 |
| Born outside EU | 1943 | 4168 | 21 080 | 21 567 | 242 920 | 291 678 |
| COVID-19 2020 | 241 (12.4) | 679 (16.3) | 3604 (17.1) | 2332 (10.8) | 15 595 (6.4) | 22 451 |
| COVID-19 2021 | 141 (7.3) | 356 (8.5) | 1989 (9.4) | 2142 (9.9) | 23 788 (9.8) | 28 416 |