Mental health service use by recent immigrants from different world regions and by non-immigrants in Ontario, Canada: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Any mental health care use among adult recent immigrants and age-matched long term residents in Ontario, by immigrant world region of origin, sex, and type of mental health care, 1993–2012

	Immigrants by world region											Long term residents
		Central and Eastern Europe	Caribbean	East Asian and Pacific	Eastern and Southern Africa	Latin America	Industrialized countries	Middle East and North Africa	South Asia	West and Central Africa	Total
Males
	N	41,996	27,459	91,248	12,094	20,306	56,601	36,643	127,110	8,916	422,373	422,373
	(%)	9.9	6.5	21	2.9	4.8	13.4	8.7	30.1	2.1	100	100
Any mental health primary care use	N	11,674	9,516	24,939	4,044	7,041	14,523	13,324	41,119	3,627	129,807	129,932
	(%)	27.8	34.7	27.3	33.4	34.7	25.7	36.4	32.4	40.7	30.7	30.9
Any psychiatry use	N	1,290	676	955	452	893	1,791	2,118	3,131	217	11,523	23,965
	(%)	3.1	2.5	1.1	3.7	4.4	3.2	5.8	2.5	2.4	2.7	5.7
Any mental health hospital use	N	520	348	442	222	376	624	763	1,363	140	4,798	11,871
	(%)	1.2	1.3	0.5	1.8	1.9	1.1	2.1	1.1	1.6	1.1	2.8
Females
	N	47,967	32,726	122,711	15,529	23,673	69,137	35,445	134,029	8,524	489,741	489,741
	(%)	9.8	6.7	25.1	3.2	4.8	14.1	7.2	27.4	1.7	100	100
Any mental health primary care use	N	21,499	16,473	48,056	7,189	12,320	27,379	17,688	57,402	4,510	212,516	233,641
	(%)	44.8	50.3	39.2	46.3	52	39.6	49.9	42.8	52.9	43.4	47.9
Any psychiatry use	N	2,274	1,028	1,833	619	1,562	3,036	2,685	3,500	227	16,764	36,863
	(%)	4.7	3.1	1.5	4.0	6.6	4.4	7.6	2.6	2.7	3.4	7.6
Any mental health hospital use	N	1,088	799	1,369	380	715	1,179	1,195	2,552	238	9,515	18,124
	(%)	2.3	2.4	1.1	2.5	3.0	1.7	3.4	1.9	2.8	1.9	3.7

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