How social and geographical backgrounds affect hospital admission with a serious condition: a comparison of 11 immigrant groups with native-born Norwegians

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for adult population 20–69 years, 01.01.2008 across 11 immigrant groups and native Norwegians. Gender, age, arrival in Norway, motive for migration, income and education Percent

	Country of birth
	Norway	Sweden	Poland	Bosnia	Russia	Somalia	Turkey	Sri Lanka	Iraq	Iran	Pakistan	Vietnam
Gender
Percent male	51	50	70	50	27	55	57	52	59	56	52	48
Age
20–29	19	23	27	25	30	38	27	18	30	25	23	22
30–39	22	28	35	22	31	36	34	32	38	24	28	32
40–49	22	21	23	25	24	19	23	36	22	34	23	27
50–59	21	16	12	20	11	5	11	11	8	13	17	14
60–69	17	12	2	9	3	2	4	4	2	4	9	6
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Arrival in Norway
Percentage that arrived in 2000 or later		36	81	9	66	50	23	15	40	24	17	12
Motive for migrating
Labour	0	0	71	1	8	0	2	1	0	1	1	0
Family reunion	0	0	15	8	52	25	49	36	32	17	34	25
Refugee	0	0	0	86	25	66	2	17	61	39	2	17
Education	0	0	2	0	12	0	1	1	0	1	1	1
Other/not immigrant/missing	100	100	12	5	3	10	46	45	6	43	62	57
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Education
Missing	1	24	41	5	16	22	15	13	18	8	17	10
Primary school	22	11	7	21	24	53	53	37	41	29	47	43
Secondary school	46	29	32	44	19	18	22	31	19	31	21	30
University level I	24	27	11	24	19	6	7	15	17	23	11	13
University level II	7	10	9	7	21	1	2	3	5	9	3	5
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Family income
Less than mean 4th income quartile	24	24	51	31	37	73	40	23	56	44	31	33

ISSN: 1472-6963