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Table 4 Characteristics of participants seen at the DEGP and SOE stratified by gender and mean age

From: Use of emergency care services by immigrants—a survey of walk-in patients who attended the Oslo Accident and Emergency Outpatient Clinic

 

DEGP (general emergency clinic)

SOE (trauma clinic)

 

N = 1798

N = 2023

 

Female

Male

Mean age

Female

Male

Mean age

 

n (%)

n (%)

±SD

n (%)

n (%)

±SD

Norwegians

609 (58.3)

435 (41.7)

29.1 ± 21.1

636 (44.1)**

806 (55.9)**

30.0 ± 20.8

Immigrants

386 (51.2)

368 (48.8)

26.5 ± 16.9

197 (33.9)**

384 (66.1)**

26.8 ± 16.6

 First-generation

303 (53.2)

267 (46.8)

32.5 ± 14.0

147 (34.8)**

276 (65.2)**

32.7 ± 14.7

 Second-generation

83 (45.1)

101 (54.9)

8.0 ± 9.8

50 (31.6)*

108 (68.4)*

11.6 ± 10.3*

Total number of participants

995 (55.3)

803 (44.7)

28.0 ± 19.5

833 (41.2)**

1190 (58.8)**

29.0 ± 19.7

Selected countriesa

 Sweden

66 (60.0)

44 (40.0)

24.5 ± 7.9

24 (34.3)**

46 (65.7)**

28.3 ± 15.8*

 Pakistan

33 (45.8)

39 (54.2)

27.4 ± 20.5

31 (51.7)

29 (48.3)

22.8 ± 14.5

 Somalia

38 (56.7)

29 (43.3)

18.0 ± 15.6

11 (25.6)*

32 (74.4)*

19.9 ± 14.9

 Poland

25 (50.0)

25 (50.0)

28.5 ± 17.2

14 (30.4)

32 (69.6)

21.3 ± 10.5

  1. Missing data: Gender (DEGP n = 23), (SOE n = 20)
  2. *Indicates a significant difference in gender distribution between the clinics (p < 0.05), ** p < 0.001
  3. a Including both immigrants and Norwegian-born with immigrant parents