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Table 1 Health service use during the past 12 months among non-Sami youth and Sami youth - overall frequencies and variations by different ethnic contexts

From: Health service use in indigenous Sami and non-indigenous youth in North Norway: A population based survey

 

School Health Service

General Practitioner

Psychologist/Psychiatrist

 

Sami

% (N)

Non-Sami

% (N)

Sami

% (N)

Non-Sami

% (N)

Sami

% (N)

Non-Sami

% (N)

Total

25.8 (114)

23.9 (944)

53.1 (234)

48.9 (1938)

5.9 (26)

5.6 (221)

Low density

24.8 (26)

23.7 (465)

47.6 (50)

50.7 (992)

5.6 (115)1

Medium density

27.7 (53)

21.9 (208)

56.0 (107)*

47.9 (456)

5.8 (11)

5.7 (54)

High density

15.1 (13)1

53.6 (45)1

2

  1. Note: **p < 0.001 *p < 0.05; 1 Total sum of both ethnic groups' use of health service; 2 Not reported due to small N