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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of 2195 detainees in a remand prison in Geneva, Switzerland, 2007

From: Health problems among detainees in Switzerland: a study using the ICPC-2 classification

Variable

Detainees with at least one medical consultation N = 1510

Detainees without medical consultation N = 685

All detainees N = 2195

Age (years (SD, range))

30.1 (9.8, 18-82)

28.0 (8.8, 18-71)*

29.5 (9.5, 18-82)*

Sex male (n)

95% (1434)

95% (653)

95% (2087)

Length of stay in prison (days (SD, range))

98 (179, 1-2635)**

37 (89, 1-1010)***

80 (160, 1-2635)****

Origin (continent and 5 most frequent countries):

   

Western Europe§§

27.4% (413)

32.7% (208)

28.9% (621)

   France

8.9% (135)

9.4% (60)

9.1% (195)

   Switzerland

7.7% (116)

8.6% (61)

8.2% (177)

   Italy

2.3% (35)

2.4% (15)

2.3% (50)

   Portugal

2.1% (31)

2.7% (17)

2.2% (48)

   Spain

2.1% (31)

1.1% (7)

1.8% (38)

Eastern Europe

14.6% (221)

22.0% (140)

16.8% (361)

   Albania

5.5% (83)

13.8% (88)

8.0% (171)

   Romania

2.0% (30)

4.6% (29)

2.7% (59)

   Russia

2.7% (40)

0.6% (4)

2.1% (44)

   Kosovo

1.7% (25)

0.9% (6)

1.4% (31)

   ex-Yugoslavia§

1.6% (22)

1.4% (9)

1.4% (31)

North Africa and Middle East

30.6% (461)

20.3% (129)

27.5% (590)

   Algeria

15.8% (239)

8.6% (55)

13.7% (294)

   Palestine

5.8% (88)

3.1% (20)

5.0% (108)

   Iraq

3.6% (55)

2.2% (14)

3.2% (69)

   Morocco

3.6% (54)

1.7% (11)

3.0% (65)

   Tunisia

1.7% (26)

2.5% (16)

2.0% (42)

Sub-Saharan Africa

20.9% (315)

18.2% (116)

20.1% (432)

   Guinea

5.2% (78)

5.3% (34)

5.2% (112)

   Sierra Leone

1.9% (29)

1.6% (10)

1.8% (39)

   Ivory Coast

1.5% (23)

1.6% (10)

1.5% (33)

   Congo

1.1% (16)

1.4% (9)

1.2% (25)

   Mali

1.0% (15)

1.3% (8)

1.1% (23)

Asia

3.8% (57)

2.2% (14)

3.3% (71)

   Georgia

2.7% (41)

1.1% (7)

2.2% (48)

   Vietnam

0.2% (3)

0.5% (1)

0.2% (4)

   Philippines

0.2% (3)

-

0.1% (3)

   Azerbaijan

0.1% (2)

-

0.1% (2)

   Uzbekistan

0.1% (2)

-

0.1% (2)

America

2.8% (42)

4.4% (28)

3.3% (70)

   Chile

0.7% (11)

0.6% (4)

0.7% (15)

   Brazil

0.7% (10)

0.8% (5)

0.7% (15)

   Peru

0.3% (4)

0.6% (4)

0.4% (8)

   Colombia

0.1% (2)

0.9% (6)

0.4% (8)

   Jamaica

0.3% (4)

0.2% (1)

0.2% (5)