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. 2021 Sep 5;57(5):1061–1072. doi: 10.1007/s00127-021-02170-1

Table 1.

Cohort characteristicsa at start and end of follow-up, refugee fathers resettled in Denmark 1995–2015

Population, study start Population, study end Person- years Any mental disorder Deaths Emigrations
n % nb %b PY n IR nc IR nc IR
Family separation status
 Separated 6176 100 5921 95.9 6236 245 39.3  < 3  < 0.5 9–11 1.4–1.8
 Reunified 0 0 4458 75.3 49,708 974 19.6 81–83 1.6–1.7 405–407 8.1–8.2
Total known family separation period
 0–8 months 418 6.8 339 81.1 2816 49 17.4 4 1.4 26 9.2
 9–11 months 966 15.6 762 78.9 6151 151 24.5 9 1.5 44 7.2
 12–17 months 2058 33.3 1521 73.9 17,354 382 22.0 20 1.2 135 7.8
 18–23 months 1184 19.2 765 64.6 12,775 299 23.4 20 1.6 100 7.8
24–90 months 1550 25.1 1071 69.1 16,848 338 20.1 30 1.8 111 6.6
Family reunification waiting time
 0–5 months 554 9.0 378 68.2 7369 109 14.8 14 1.9 53 7.2
 6–11 months 3128 50.6 2266 72.4 27,502 646 23.5 36 1.3 180 6.5
 12–60 months 2494 40.4 1814 72.7 21,074 464 22.0 33 1.6 183 8.7
Asylum decision waiting time
 0–2 months 1959 31.7 1621 82.7 8993 251 27.9 6 0.7 81 9.0
 3–5 months 1430 23.2 1067 74.6 10,984 238 21.7 18 1.6 107 9.7
 6–11 months 1841 29.8 1198 65.1 23,447 454 19.4 38 1.6 151 6.4
 12–60 months 946 15.3 572 60.5 12,520 276 22.0 21 1.7 77 6.2
Age at application
 18–29 years 1168 18.9 856 73.3 11,095 189 17.0 5 0.5 118 10.6
 30–39 years 3065 49.6 2231 72.8 26,332 605 23.0 21 0.8 208 7.9
 40–65 years 1943 31.5 1371 70.6 18,517 425 23.0 57 3.1 90 4.9
Period of application
 1991–2001 2653 43.0 1571 59.2 40,131 721 18.0 73 1.8 288 7.2
 2002–2015 3523 57.0 2887 81.9 15,813 498 31.5 10 0.6 128 8.1
Geographical origin
 Middle East & North Africa 5214 84.4 3770 72.3 46,205 1118 24.2 69 1.5 257 5.6
 Sub-Saharan Africa 769 12.5 557 72.4 7198 52 7.2 11 1.5 149 20.7
 Other 193 3.1 131 67.9 2541 49 19.3 3 1.2 10 3.9
Danish province of resettlement
 Copenhagen (capital) 196 3.2 131 66.8 2721 29 10.7 10 3.7 26 9.6
 Copenhagen suburb 163 2.6 115 70.6 1737 29 16.7 5 2.9 14 8.1
 North Zealand 573 9.3 412 71.9 5028 123 24.5 7 1.4 31 6.2
 East Zealand 314 5.1 223 71.0 2832 68 24.0 3 1.1 20 7.1
 West & South Zealand 889 14.4 606 68.2 7858 206 26.2 7 0.9 70 8.9
 Funen 650 10.5 469 72.2 5840 122 20.9 7 1.2 52 8.9
 South Jutland 924 15.0 713 77.2 7092 160 22.6 8 1.1 43 6.1
 East Jutland 937 15.2 653 69.7 7993 201 25.1 17 2.1 66 8.3
 West Jutland 705 11.4 514 72.9 6792 145 21.3 8 1.2 38 5.6
 North Jutland 825 13.4 622 75.4 8050 136 16.9 11 1.4 56 7.0
Total 6176 100.0 4458 72.2 55,944 1219 21.8 83 1.5 416 7.4

aDistribution of population, person-years (PY), cases (n), and unadjusted incidence rates (IR) per 1000 person-years for any mental disorder, death, and emigration

bOut of population at study start. For “Separated” the number and percentage regard the end of the family separation period; for “Reunified” the percentage is out of population at study start

cTo secure anonymity of data, Statistics Denmark demands n < 3 to be masked and as the ns in columns 3, 6, 8, and 10 sums to the population at study start (column 1), small ns result in two masked cells