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Table 1 Socio-demographic indicators of the study population (n = 1,029,233)

From: Hospital admissions due to alcohol related disorders among young adult refugees who arrived in Sweden as teenagers – a national cohort study

Variable

Sweden

F. Yugoslavia

Somalia

Middle East

 

Acc.

Unacc.

Acc.

Unacc.

Acc.

Unacc.

1,009,027

8301

1475

1088

1284

6445

1617

Age

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean age (SD)

25.6

24.9

26.9

24.1

27.1

23.7

26,1

 

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Gender

 Male

51.5

52.1

53.7

56.4

61.3

54.1

73.3

Residency (years)

 0–10

-

71.7

43.8

65.2

52.3

68.3

54.3

  > 10 years

-

28.3

56.2

34.8

47.4

31.7

45.7

Domicile

 Big city

43.9

49.3

51.3

69.4

75.1

58.4

61.9

 Town

42.9

45.4

42.4

27.9

23.2

38.7

35.5

 Rural

13.2

5.3

6.3

2.7

1.7

2.9

2.6

Income (Quintiles)

 1 (lowest)

11.2

26.1

23.7

58.7

45.9

54.9

37.9

 2

17.2

24.4

25.4

19.1

24.3

18.7

21.4

 3

21.3

22.1

21.7

9.2

12.0

11.4

14.4

 4

24.5

18.2

16.5

8.9

11.6

8.3

13.1

 5 (highest)

25.8

9.2

12.7

4.1

6.2

6.6

13.1

  1. SD Standard Deviation, Acc Accompanied, Unacc Unaccompanied; Sweden refers to native Swedish population