The prevalence of substance use among Russian, Somali and Kurdish migrants in Finland: a population-based study

Salama, Essi; Niemelä, Solja; Suvisaari, Jaana; Laatikainen, Tiina; Koponen, Päivikki; Castaneda, Anu E.

doi:10.1186/s12889-018-5564-9

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Table 2 Age-adjusted prevalences of substance use by ethnicity and gender¹

From: The prevalence of substance use among Russian, Somali and Kurdish migrants in Finland: a population-based study

	Russian						Somali						Kurdish						General population
	Men			Women			Men			Women			Men			Women			Men		Women
	n	%	p*	n	%	p*	n	%	p*	n	%	p*	n	%	p*	n	%	p*	n	%	n	%
Frequency of alcohol use
None	32	11	< 0.01	71	16	< 0.01	208	98	< 0.01	263	100	< 0.01	172	51	< 0.01	244	85	< 0.01	39	7	53	8
Occasional	186	73		310	70		3	2		1	0		143	45		44	15		233	53	439	66
Frequent	33	16		56	14		0	0		0	0		10	3		0			221	39	180	25
p**						0.26						0.07						< 0.01				< 0.01
Usual number of alcohol units consumed
No alcohol use	24	11	< 0.01	43	11	< 0.01	151	98	< 0.01	185	100°	< 0.01	134	47	< 0.01	193	85	< 0.01	39	8	53	9
1–2	79	41		234	66		1	1		0			50	18		20	9		166	31	328	46
3–6	65	40		62	22		1	1		0			79	30		15	6		190	37	238	37
> 7	17	9		2	0		0			0			14	5		1	0		97	23	47	8
p**						< 0.01						0.28						< 0.01				< 0.01
Frequency of binge drinking
No alcohol use	23	11	< 0.01	42	11	< 0.01	151	98	< 0.01	185	100°	< 0.01	134	47	< 0.01	193	84	< 0.01	39	8	53	9
Never	45	25		215	59		0			0			74	27		23	9		29	6	143	20
Occasionally	98	56		79	28		2	2		0			62	24		14	6		322	65	430	65
Frequently	20	9		4	2		0			0			7	3		0	0		102	22	43	7
P**						< 0.01						0.11						< 0.01				< 0.01
Risky drinking
Yes	41	23	< 0.01	58	21	< 0.01	0	0°	< 0.01	0	0°	< 0.01	26	10	< 0.01	8	3	< 0.01	216	45	326	50
p**						0.53												< 0.01				0.13
Lifetime regular smoking
Yes	107	55	0.03	105	33	< 0.01	18	8	< 0.01	1	0	< 0.01	106	39	< 0.01	17	7	< 0.01	203	64	209	52
p**						< 0.01						< 0.01						< 0.01				0.01
Current smoking
No smoking	170	65	0.04	374	84	0.02	179	89	< 0.01	259	99	< 0.01	224	68	< 0.01	266	93	< 0.01	345	68	517	76
Occasional	15	7		23	7		4	1		1	0		7	2		5	2		56	12	54	9
Daily	66	28		40	10		27	10		2	1		94	29		16	5		83	20	96	15
p**						< 0.01						< 0.01						< 0.01				0.01
Daily consumption of cigarettes
None	83	49		238	70		135	92		182	100		182	65		215	94
1 to 10	41	19		76	25		12	6		1	0		35	13		11	5
≥ 11	57	32		17	5		5	2		0	0		58	22		3	1
p**						< 0.01						0.01						< 0.01
Lifetime use of cannabis
Yes	45	21		38	14		0	0°		0	0°		15	6		2	1
p**						< 0.01												< 0.01
Cannabis use during the previous 12 months
Yes	13	9		4	2		0	0°		0	0°		8	3		0	0°
p**						< 0.01												< 0.01
Lifetime use of intravenous drugs
Yes	1	8 × 10⁻¹⁰		1	9 × 10⁻¹⁰		0	0°		0	0°		1	9 × 10⁻¹⁰		0	0
p**						0.53												0.55

¹comparison between migrant group and general population by gender
* in comparison to the general population ** between sexes °without age-adjustment

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