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Table 1 Sociodemographic and health status characteristics

From: Health status of recently arrived asylum seekers in their host country: results of a cross-sectional observational study

Description

 

Population

Pct. (%)

CI95%

A. Sociodemographic characteristics

Age

 

n = 419

 

  Mean/SD/Range

 

30.3/9.7/18–80

 

Sexa

  Men

 

285

68%

[63.6;72.5]

  Women

 

133

32%

[27.5;36;4]

Geographical origin

 

n = 398b

  

  West Africa

 

159

40%

[35.3;44.8]

  Magreb

 

62

16%

[12.3;19.5]

  Central Asia

 

61

15%

[12.1; 19.2]

  Europe

 

49

12%

[9.4;15.9]

  Middle east

 

46

12%

[8.8;15.1]

Rest of Africa

 

21

5%

[3.4;7.9]

Asylum procedure

 

n = 363b

  

  Dublin

 

201

55%

[50.1;60.6]

  Accelerated procedure

 

48

13%

[9.9;17.2]

  Regular

 

111

31%

[25.9;35.6]

Other

 

3

0,8%

[0.2;2.4]

Accompaniement

 

n = 411b

  

  Alone

 

240

58%

[53.5;63.2]

  Children

 

41

10%

[7.3;13.3]

  Spouse

 

55

13%

[10.2;17.1]

  Other

 

75

18%

[14.6;22.3]

Housing

 

n = 417b

  

  Public space

 

188

45%

[40.2;50.0]

  Acquaintance's house

 

162

39%

[34.3;43.6]

  State accommodation scheme

 

49

12%

[9;15.2]

  Squat

 

10

2%

[1.3;4.4]

  Self-catering hotel with charge

 

5

1%

[0.4;2.9]

  Other

 

3

1%

[0.1;2.2]

Education level

 

n = 408b

  

  Less than primary

 

67

16%

[13,1;20.3]

  Less than secondary

 

248

61%

[55.9;65.4]

  High school

 

52

13%

[9.8;16.4]

  More than highschool

 

41

10%

[7.5;13.4]

B. Health status characteristics of the study sample

Health disorder

 

400

96%

[93;97.3]

  1 health disorder

 

145

35%

[31.5;41.2]

  2 health disorder

 

135

32%

[29.1;38.6]

  3 health disorder

 

65

16%

[12.9;20.2]

  4 health disorder or more

 

55

13%

[10.5;17.5]

  Psychiatric disorder

 

371

89%

[85.1;91.4]

of which specifically

  Anxiety, depression, PTSD (RHS15)

 

368

88%

[84.3;90.8]

  Somatic disorder (at least one)

 

277

66%

[61.4;70.6]

  Infectious disease (at least one)

 

95

23%

[18.8;26.9]

of which specifically

  HIV

 

2

0,5%

[0;1.9]

  Positive HBV viral load

 

20

5%

[3.2;7.6]

  Positive HVC viral load

 

4

1%

[0.3;2.6]

  Anguillulosis

 

39

10%

[7.2;13.1]

  Bilharziasis

 

40

10%

[7.4;13.4]

  Cardiac

 

35

8%

[5.9;11.4]

of which specifically

  Hypertension

 

13

3%

[1.7;5.3]

  Hematologic

 

45

11%

[7.9;14.1]

  Respiratory

 

158

38%

[33.1;42.5]

of which specifically

  Tobacco consumption

 

147

35%

[30.5;39.8]

  Ophtalmological and otholaryngologic

 

37

9%

[6.3;11.9]

  Hepatic and gastrointestinal

 

73

17%

[13.9;21.4]

  Renal and urological

 

18

4%

[2.6;6.7]

  Musculoskeletal

 

49

12%

[8.8;15.2]

  Neurological

 

43

10%

[7.7;13.6]

  Endocrine and metabolic

 

37

9%

[6.3;11.9]

of which specifically

  Diabetes

 

5

1%

[0.4;2.9]

  Hypothyroidism

 

10

3%

[1.2;4.4]

  Hyperthyroidism

 

3

1%

[0.1;2.2]

  Pregnancy

n = 119

27

23%

[16;31.1]

  1. a Whose sex is undertermined n = 1
  2. b Number of participants changed due to missing data about sociodemographic characteristics for some individuals