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Table 1 Patient demographic characteristics by immigration status, 2014-2017

From: Comparing the health of refugee and asylee patients with that of non-refugee immigrant and US-born patients in a large Urban clinic

 

n (%) or mean (SD)

US-Born

Immigrant

Refugee/Asylee

Total

N = 202

 N = 450

 N = 343

 N = 995

Women

114 (56.4)

286 (63.6)

178 (51.9)

578 (58.1)

Age (years)

    

 18–34

91 (45.0)

113 (25.1)

178 (51.9)

382 (38.4)

 35–64

92 (45.5)

260 (57.8)

154 (44.9)

506 (50.9)

 65 and older

19 (9.4)

77 (17.1)

11 (3.2)

107 (10.8)

Race and Ethnicity

    

 Asian and Pacific Islander

12 (0.7)

120 (26.7)

147 (42.9)

281 (28.2)

 Black

15 (7.4)

10 (2.2)

8 (2.3)

33 (3.3)

 Latine

45 (22.3)

252 (56.0)

136 (40.0)

433 (43.5)

 Middle Eastern/Northern African

< 5 (< 2.5)

11 (2.4)

19 (5.5)

31 (3.1)

 White

73 (36.1)

10 (2.2)

6 (1.7)

89 (8.9)

 Other/Unknown

54 (26.7)

47 (10.4)

27 (7.9)

128 (12.9)

Languagea

    

 Arabic

< 5 (< 2.5)b

14 (3.1)

30 (8.7)

45 (4.5)

 Cantonese

0 (0)

47 (10.4)

12 (3.5)

59 (5.9)

 English

197 (97.5)

112 (24.9)

61 (17.8)

370 (37.2)

 Spanish

5 (2.5)

255 (56.7)

136 (39.7)

396 (39.8)

 Other

< 5 (< 2.5)b

81 (18.0)

164 (47.8)

246 (24.7)

Region of Origin

    

 China

 

43 (9.6)

77 (22.4)

120 (12.1)

 Europe

 

15 (3.3)

20 (5.8)

35 (3.5)

 Mexico

 

69 (15.3)

24 (7.0)

93 (9.3)

 Middle East/Northern Africa

 

22 (4.9)

44 (12.8)

66 (6.6)

 Other Central and South America

 

116 (25.8)

106 (30.9)

222 (22.3)

 Other Asia and South Pacific

 

82 (18.2)

49 (14.3)

131 (13.2)

 Sub-Saharan Africa

 

9 (2.0)

10 (2.9)

19 (1.9)

 US and Canada

202 (100)

13 (2.9)

8 (2.3)

223 (22.4)

 Unknown

 

81 (18.0)

5 (1.5)

86 (8.6)

Housing

    

 Family

72 (35.6)

288 (64.0)

194 (56.6)

554 (55.7)

 Friend/Partner

25 (12.4)

38 (8.4)

54 (15.7)

117 (11.8)

 Alone

10 (5.0)

26 (5.8)

37 (10.8)

73 (7.3)

 Homeless

12 (5.9)

5 (1.1)

< 5 (< 1.5)b

21 (2.1)

 Other/Unknown

83 (41.0)

93 (20.7)

54 (15.7)

230 (23.1)

Years in the U.S.

 

14.4 (11.8)

3.4 (3.2)

7.8 (9.6)

Years receiving care at the clinic

3.1 (1.0)

3.4 (1.0)

1.7 (0.8)

2.8 (1.2)

  1. Notes: Data from electronic medical records from a public safety-net clinic, 2014–2017, SD = standard deviation
  2. a Not mutually exclusive here, but collapsed into a categorical variable for analyses
  3. b Percentages not calculated for small cell sizes, instead reported as < 5/n*100 (i.e., < 5/202 = < 2.5)