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Table 2 Relative risks are presented for all ethnic minorities compared to the native Dutch.

From: Ethnic differences in Internal Medicine referrals and diagnosis in the Netherlands

A Referrals to Internal Medicine outpatient care by Ethnicity (Relative risks (CI 95%) with Dutch as reference; age 15–70).

 

Surinamese

Turkish

Moroccan

Antillean/Aruban

Cape Verdean

p-value*

Referral area Erasmus MC N = 320

      

Adjusted for sex and age

1.47 (1.05–2.06)

1.82 (1.29–2.56)

1.49 (1.00–2.21)

1.46 (0.78–2.75)

1.29 (0.85–1.97)

0.02

Additional adjustment for socio-economic status

1.49 (1.06–2.07)

1.84 (1.31–2.59)

1.50 (1.01–2.24)

1.49 (0.79–2.80)

1.30 (0.86–1.99)

0.02

Municipality of Rotterdam N = 1332

      

Adjusted for sex and age

1.88 (1.58–2.24)

2.05 (1.68–2.50)

1.88 (1.48–2.39)

1.67 (1.24–2.26)

1.99 (1.49–2.67)

<0.001

Additional adjustment for socio-economic status

1.83 (1.53–2.19)

1.97 (1.59–2.42)

1.79 (1.40–2.29)

1.65 (1.22–2.24)

1.88 (1.40–2.54)

<0.001

B

Relative risks (CI 95%) for the use of outpatient care

N = 385

Comparison

Relative riska

1st generation immigrants versus Dutch

1.85 (1.51–2.25)

2nd generation immigrants versus Dutch

1.08 (0.72–1.63)

2nd generation versus 1st generation immigrants

0.59 (0.39–0.88)

  1. *p-value of the overall ethnic differences (Wald test).
  2. a age 15–45, adjusted for sex, age and socio-economic status