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Table 5 Incidence rate ratiosa (95% CI) by injury type, treatment level and immigrant background

From: Health care utilisation for treatment of injuries among immigrants in Norway: a nationwide register linkage study

 

Fractures

Superficial injuries

Open wounds

Dislocations/sprains/strains

Burns

Poisoning

Primary care

Secondary care

Primary care

Secondary care

Primary care

Secondary care

Primary care

Secondary care

Primary care

Secondary care

Primary care

Secondary care

Injured patients

216,258

234,823

148,755

135,293

284,441

81,495

370,425

124,978

26,354

9260

17,150

15,663

Immigrant status

 Non-immigrants (reference)

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 All immigrants

0.81 (0.79–0.82)

0.80 (0.79–0.81)

0.77 (0.76–0.79)

1.00 (0.98–1.02)

0.67 (0.66–0.68)

0.92 (0.90–0.94)

0.94 (0.93–0.95)

0.95 (0.93–0.97)

1.01 (0.97–1.05)

1.24 (1.16–1.32)

0.65 (0.62–0.69)

0.56 (0.53–0.59)

Region

 EU/EEA

0.97 (0.94–0.99)

0.98 (0.96–1.00)

0.84 (0.81–0.86)

1.00 (0.97–1.03)

0.82 (0.80–0.84)

1.03 (0.99–1.06)

0.99 (0.97–1.01)

1.04 (1.01–1.07)

0.90 (0.84–0.96)

1.09 (0.99–1.21)

0.66 (0.61–0.73)

0.60 (0.55–0.66)

 European countries outside EU/EEA

0.79 (0.76–0.83)

0.75 (0.72–0.79)

0.75 (0.71–0.80)

0.83 (0.79–0.88)

0.65 (0.63–0.68)

0.83 (0.77–0.89)

0.91 (0.88–0.94)

0.86 (0.81–0.91)

1.11 (1.00–1.24)

1.24 (1.04–1.49)

0.67 (0.57–0.79)

0.52 (0.43–0.62)

 Africa

0.74 (0.70–0.78)

0.76 (0.72–0.79)

0.60 (0.56–0.64)

1.15 (1.10–1.20)

0.48 (0.46–0.51)

0.85 (0.80–0.89)

0.89 (0.86–0.92)

0.98 (0.94–1.03)

1.01 (0.90–1.13)

1.28 (1.11–1.49)

0.55 (0.48–0.64)

0.37 (0.32–0.44)

 Asia (incl. Turkey)

0.63 (0.62–0.65)

0.61 (0.59–0.62)

0.71 (0.69–0.74)

0.97 (0.94–0.99)

0.53 (0.52–0.55)

0.83 (0.80–0.86)

0.87 (0.85–0.89)

0.82 (0.80–0.85)

1.10 (1.03–1.17)

1.39 (1.27–1.52)

0.66 (0.60–0.71)

0.59 (0.54–0.64)

 North America and Oceania

0.98 (0.90–1.08)

0.95 (0.87–1.04)

0.89 (0.79–1.00)

1.14 (1.02–1.27)

0.90 (0.83–0.98)

1.06 (0.92–1.21)

1.04 (0.97–1.12)

1.13 (1.01–1.26)

1.03 (0.78–1.35)

0.71 (0.42–1.20)

0.51 (0.32–0.82)

0.59 (0.37–0.92)

 South- and Central America

0.79 (0.73–0.85)

0.81 (0.76–0.87)

0.97 (0.89–1.05)

1.17 (1.09–1.26)

0.66 (0.62–0.71)

1.17 (1.07–1.27)

1.17 (1.11–1.23)

1.27 (1.18–1.36)

0.93 (0.76–1.12)

1.33 (1.04–1.71)

0.89 (0.73–1.10)

0.71 7(0.57–0.90)

  1. aAdjusted for sex, age, county of residence, marital status and SES