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Table 6 Incidence rate ratiosa (95% CI) by injury typeb and immigrant background

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

 

Intentional injuries

Unintentional injuries

Self-harm

Assault

Falls

Traffic injuries

Occupational injuries

Sports injuries

Home injuries

N

1314

6625

65,390

30,237

12,464

13,551

46,008

Immigrant status

 Non-immigrants (reference)

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

 All immigrants

0.43 (0.36–0.53)

1.41 (1.33–1.50)

0.94 (0.92–0.96)

1.15 (1.11–1.18)

1.67 (1.59–1.75)

0.73 (0.69–0.77)

0.96 (0.93–0.98)

Region

 EU/EEA

0.44 (0.31–0.62)

0.86 (0.76–0.96)

1.00 (0.96–1.04)

0.97 (0.92–1.02)

1.79 (1.68–1.91)

0.84 (0.77–0.91)

0.98 (0.94–1.02)

 European countries outside EU/EEA

0.41 (0.21–0.79)

1.26 (1.05–1.52)

0.79 (0.73–0.85)

1.01 (0.91–1.11)

1.49 (1.30–1.70)

0.63 (0.52–0.76)

0.86 (0.79–0.93)

 Africa

0.29 (0.18–0.49)

2.29 (2.09–2.50)

1.15 (1.09–1.21)

1.66 (1.57–1.75)

1.74 (1.57–1.94)

0.67 (0.57–0.78)

0.99 (0.94–1.05)

 Asia (incl. Turkey)

0.48 (0.36–0.63)

1.49 (1.37–1.62)

0.83 (0.80–0.86)

1.13 (1.08–1.18)

1.56 (1.45–1.67)

0.59 (0.53–0.65)

0.93 (0.89–0.96)

 North America and Oceania

0.83 (0.27–2.59)

0.39 (0.18–0.81)

1.00 (0.87–1.15)

1.04 (0.85–1.26)

1.34 (0.98–1.83)

0.84 (0.61–1.17)

1.10 (0.94–1.29)

 South- and Central America

0.48 (0.21–1.07)

1.83 (1.51–2.23)

1.12 (1.02–1.22)

1.29 (1.15–1.44)

1.71 (1.42–2.06)

1.35 (1.12–1.63)

1.06 (0.96–1.17)

  1. aAdjusted for sex, age, county of residence, marital status and SES
  2. bIn a subset of injuries (N = 133,928) treated in secondary care in the period 2009–2014 with available information on external circumstances