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Table 8 Women

From: Work and health among immigrants and native Swedes 1990–2008: a register-based study on hospitalization for common potentially work-related disorders, disability pension and mortality

Women

Years

Lung.dis.

Heart disorders

Musculo-skeletal

Psych. dis.

Disability pension

Mortality

Nordic

< =10

1.2 (0.9-1.6)

1.3 (1.1-1.5)

1.2 (1.1-1.3)

1.2 (1.1-1.4)

1.2 (1.1-1.3)

1.3 (1.2-1.5)

 

> 10

1.2 (1.1-1.3)

1.5 (1.5-1.6)

1.2 (1.2-1.3)

1.3 (1.2-1.4)

1.4 (1.4-1.5)

1.0 (1.0-1.1)

EU15+

< =10

0.7 (0.4-1.3)

0.6 (0.5-0.9)

0.8 (0.7-1.0)

1.0 (0.8-1.2)

1.1 (1.0-1.2)

0.8 (0.6-1.0)

 

> 10

0.9 (0.7-1.2)

1.0 (0.8-1.1)

1.0 (1.0-1.2)

1.2 (1.0-1.4)

1.6 (1.5-1.6)

0.8 (0.7-0.9)

E. Eur.

< =10

0.7 (0.5-1.0)

1.1 (1.0-1.3)

1.0 (0.9-1.1)

1.4 (1.2-1.6)

2.1 (2.1-2.2)

0.8 (0.7-0.9)

 

>10

0.8 (0.6-1.0)

1.2 (1.1-1.3)

1.2 (1.1-1.3)

1.4 (1.3-1.5)

2.8 (2.8-2.9)

0.9 (0.8-1.0)

Non-Eur.

< =10

1.4 (1.1-1.7)

1.1 (1.0-1.2)

1.2 (1.1-1.3)

1.4 (1.2-1.5)

2.0 (1.9-2.0)

0.7 (0.6-0.8)

 

>10

1.1 (0.8-1.5)

1.1 (1.0-1.3)

1.1 (1.0-1.3)

1.3 (1.1-1.5)

1.9 (1.8-2.0)

0.8 (0.7-1.0)

Total

< =10

1.1 (0.9-1.2)

1.1 (1.0-1.2)

1.1 (1.0-1.2)

1.3 (1.2-1.4)

1.8 (1.7-1.8)

0.9 (0.8-0.9)

 

>10

1.1 (1.0-1.2)

1.4 (1.3-1.4)

1.2 (1.1-1.2)

1.3 (1.2-1.4)

1.7 (1.7-1.7)

1.0 (0.9-1.0)

  1. Time since first immigration, more or less than ten years. HRs with 95% CIs for hospitalization for the studied outcomes for immigrants by region of origin and sex, compared with native Swedish men and women, adjusted for age and labour-market position (blue collar, white collar, unemployed) as measured 1990.