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Table 3 Hospitalization among recent and longstanding male migrants, relative to native Norwegian men

From: Register study of migrants’ hospitalization in Norway: world region origin, reason for migration, and length of stay

 

Any hospital admission 2008–2011, linear probability models

Number of hospital admissions 2008–2011, Poisson regression models

Immigration period

2005–2007

1970–1989

2005–2007

1970–1989

B

95%CI

B

95%CI

IRR

95%CI

IRR

95%CI

Constant/reference

0.298

0.296/0.299

0.298

0.297/0.300

1

 

1

 

Migrants all regions

−0.079

−0.083/−0.075

−0.012

−0.016/−0.007

0.601

0.566/0.639

0.944

0.916/0.974

Migrants classified by geographical origin

Western countries

−0.072

−0.080/−0.064

−0.020

−0.028/−0.012

0.615

0.554/0.682

0.886

0.841/0.933

EU East Europe

−0.104

−0.109/−0.099

−0.010

−0.034/0.015

0.436

0.393/0.485

0.988

0.838/1.165

Other East Europe

−0.040

−0.064/−0.015

−0.011

−0.035/0.012

0.818

0.646/1.037

0.840

0.717/0.984

Africa

−0.019

−0.036/−0.002

−0.046

−0.058/−0.034

1.061

0.882/1.275

0.795

0.715/884

West & South Asia

−0.008

−0.032/0.016

0.025

0.017/0.033

0.812

0.661/0.998

1.172

1.109/1.238

Other Asia

−0.056

−0.071/−0.041

−0.041

−0.051/−0.032

0.944

0.786/1.133

0.832

0.769/0.900

Latin America

−0.050

−0.087/−0.013

0.002

−0.016/0.020

0.650

0.436/0.969

0.894

0.795/1.007

R2/Pseudo R2

0.043

0.041

0.066

0.064

N native Norwegians

1,102,919

1,102,919

1,102,919

1,102,919

N migrants

25,718

38,052

25,718

38,052

  1. Adjusted for four age categories: 30–39, 40–49, 50–59, and 60–69, reference category = 50–59, age coefficients not shown. B = OLS regression coefficient. IRR incidence rate ratio. Exposure variable, Poisson regression: personyears