Table 2 Distribution of CCI diagnoses, major ICD-10 psychiatric disorders and multimorbidity
Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) diagnoses | Refugees | Danish-born matched to refugees | Family reunification immigrants | Danish-born matched to family reunification immigrants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Acute myocardial infarction | 1118 | 2.6 | 4159 | 1.6 | 342 | 0.6 | 2229 | 0.6 |
Congestive heart Failure | 692 | 1.6 | 3436 | 1.3 | 278 | 0.5 | 1945 | 0.5 |
Peripheral vascular disease | 331 | 0.8 | 2250 | 0.9 | 104 | 0.2 | 1404 | 0.4 |
Cerebrovascular disease | 1192 | 2.8 | 7675 | 3.0 | 619 | 1.0 | 5517 | 1.6 |
Dementia | 137 | 0.3 | 1199 | 0.5 | 70 | 0.1 | 733 | 0.2 |
Chronic pulmonary disease | 1877 | 4.4 | 9870 | 3.8 | 1538 | 2.6 | 10,748 | 3.0 |
Connective tissue disease | 352 | 0.8 | 2326 | 0.9 | 307 | 0.5 | 2660 | 0.7 |
Peptic ulcer | 1960 | 4.6 | 3861 | 1.5 | 948 | 1.6 | 2861 | 0.8 |
Liver disease (mild) | 150 | 0.4 | 1206 | 0.5 | 96 | 0.2 | 749 | 0.2 |
Diabetes | 2648 | 6.2 | 7005 | 2.7 | 1222 | 2.1 | 5813 | 1.6 |
Diabetes complications | 494 | 1.2 | 1621 | 0.6 | 172 | 0.3 | 1249 | 0.4 |
Paraplegia/hemiplegia | 79 | 0.2 | 384 | 0.1 | 40 | 0.1 | 365 | 0.1 |
Renal disease | 387 | 0.9 | 1781 | 0.7 | 201 | 0.3 | 1394 | 0.4 |
Cancer | 1655 | 3.9 | 12,657 | 4.9 | 922 | 1.6 | 10,097 | 2.8 |
Metastatic cancer | 376 | 0.9 | 2891 | 1.1 | 168 | 0.3 | 1922 | 0.5 |
Moderate or severe liver disease | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
HIV/AIDS | 196 | 0.5 | 314 | 0.1 | 492 | 0.8 | 241 | 0.1 |
1 CCI diagnose | 6357 | 14.9 | 28,321 | 11.0 | 4775 | 8.1 | 28,446 | 8.0 |
Multimorbidity (>1 CCI diagnose) | ||||||||
2 diagnoses | 1808 | 4.2 | 8841 | 3.4 | 854 | 1.4 | 6241 | 1.8 |
3 diagnoses | 616 | 1.4 | 3026 | 1.2 | 184 | 0.3 | 1670 | 0.5 |
>3 diagnoses | 399 | 0.9 | 1692 | 0.7 | 105 | 0.2 | 886 | 0.2 |
Multimorbidity (> 1 CCI diagnose) in total | 2823 | 6.6 | 13,559 | 5.3 | 1143 | 1.9 | 8797 | 2.5 |
Psychiatric diagnoses | ||||||||
Substance use (F10- F19) | 807 | 1.9 | 9283 | 3.6 | 682 | 1.2 | 9258 | 2.6 |
Schizophrenia and psychosis (F20-F29) | 218 | 0.5 | 918 | 0.4 | 101 | 0.2 | 1001 | 0.3 |
Affective disorders (F30-F39) | 815 | 1.9 | 2862 | 1.1 | 626 | 1.1 | 3653 | 1.0 |
Nervous disorders (F40-F49) | 1127 | 2.6 | 2597 | 1.0 | 803 | 1.4 | 4015 | 1.1 |
1 CCI or psychiatric diagnose | 7278 | 17.0 | 32,526 | 12.7 | 5733 | 9.7 | 35,712 | 10.0 |
Multimorbidity (> 1 CCI or psychiatric diagnose) | ||||||||
2 diagnoses | 2275 | 5.3 | 10,874 | 4.2 | 1233 | 2.1 | 8776 | 2.5 |
3 diagnoses | 803 | 1.9 | 4045 | 1.6 | 295 | 0.5 | 2663 | 0.7 |
>3 diagnoses | 515 | 1.2 | 2615 | 1.0 | 141 | 0.2 | 1457 | 0.4 |
Multimorbidity (> 1 CCI or psychiatric diagnose) in total | 3593 | 8.4 | 17,534 | 6.8 | 1669 | 3.0 | 12,896 | 3.6 |