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- Table 1:
Sociodemographic characteristics of 4 284 694 people aged 14–40 years living in Ontario as of Apr. 1, 1999
Characteristic Group; mean ± SD and no. (%) General population n = 3 866 261 Immigrants n = 323 285 Refugees n = 95 148 Age at cohort entry, yr 27.9 ± 7.9 29.0 ± 7.7 29.7 ± 7.7 Age at index diagnosis of psychotic disorder, yr 32.1 ± 8.6 31.5 ± 8.4 32.7 ± 8.5 Age at immigration, yr — 21.2 ± 8.1 22.0 ± 8.2 Time in Canada, yr — 8.1 ± 2.6 7.9 ± 2.7 Sex Female 1 922 070 (49.7) 166 344 (51.5) 38 115 (40.1) Male 1 944 191 (50.3) 156 941 (48.5) 57 033 (59.9) Residence Rural 543 418 (14.1) 4 930 (1.5) 332 (0.3) Urban 3 322 843 (85.9) 318 355 (98.5) 94 816 (99.7) Income quintile 1 (lowest) 722 626 (18.7) 106 274 (32.9) 47 466 (49.9) 2 787 781 (20.4) 78 050 (24.1) 22 078 (23.2) 3 796 399 (20.6) 59 138 (18.3) 13 058 (13.7) 4 778 377 (20.1) 44 485 (13.8) 7 892 (8.3) 5 (highest) 767 143 (19.8) 35 276 (10.9) 4 653 (4.9) Missing data 13 935 (0.4) 62 (0.02) 1 (0.001) Note: SD = standard deviation.
- Table 2:
Age- and sex-standardized incidence rates and rate ratios for psychotic disorders by migrant grouping, compared with the general population of Ontario
Group No. % refugee Incidence rate per 100 000 person-years Migrant group; IRR (95% CI) Immigrants Refugees General population 3 866 261 — 55.6 Ref Ref Immigrants 323 285 — 51.7 0.91 (0.71–1.16) — Refugees 95 148 — 72.8 — 1.24 (0.86–1.81) Statistics Canada categories for country of birth, n = 418 433 North America 8 540 2.7 27.4 0.54 (0.23–1.22) 1.29 (0.10–16.48) Central America 17 533 58.3 43.4 0.64 (0.29–1.39) 0.87 (0.52–1.43) Caribbean and Bermuda 41 154 0.7 94.4 1.60 (1.29–1.98) 0.61 (0.02–22.24) South America 26 886 7.4 62.2 1.06 (0.76–1.48) 1.15 (0.42–3.12) Western Europe 5 646 1.8 24.8 0.41 (0.13–1.27) — Eastern Europe 49 000 51.8 54.3 1.10 (0.79–1.53) 0.87 (0.63–1.20) Northern Europe 16 814 0.3 30.3 0.50 (0.28–0.91) 3.23 (0.09–118.79) Southern Europe 31 416 4.5 36.9 0.60 (0.41–0.90) 1.53 (0.54–4.32) West Africa 5 348 29.7 96.1 1.66 (0.84–3.28) 1.07 (0.32–3.57) East Africa 21 117 63.2 98.0 1.20 (0.69–2.10) 1.95 (1.44–2.65) North Africa 3 934 23.9 60.4 0.61 (0.17–2.12) 2.22 (0.79–6.30) Central Africa 676 39.5 16.0 0.47 (0.01–24.27) — South Africa 2 776 4.2 41.7 0.66 (0.19–2.31) 3.01 (0.24–38.5) West central Asia and Middle East 35 282 42.9 57.2 0.75 (0.49–1.15) 1.28 (0.91–1.80) East Asia 50 294 2.5 32.8 0.56 (0.41–0.78) 0.72 (0.14–3.59) Southeast Asia 46 610 19.7 50.4 0.79 (0.57–1.09) 1.21 (0.76–1.91) South Asia 53 817 25.1 70.2 1.12 (0.86–1.44) 1.51 (1.08–2.12) Oceania 1 590 5.5 23.6 0.37 (0.04–3.65) 2.04 (0.06–74.8) Note: CI = confidence interval, IRR = incidence rate ratio.
- Table 3:
Factors associated with psychotic disorders among migrants in Ontario (n = 418 433)
Variable IRR* (95% CI) Sex Female Ref Male 1.45 (1.33–1.58) Age at immigration, yr 0–4 Ref 5–9 1.37 (0.98–1.93) 10–14 1.41 (0.99–2.00) 15–19 0.88 (0.61–1.26) 20–24 0.82 (0.55–1.21) 25–29 0.65 (0.42–1.02) 30–34 0.63 (0.44–0.90) 35–39 0.59 (0.35–0.99) Residence Rural Ref Urban 1.37 (0.82–2.29) Refugee status Nonrefugee Ref Refugee 1.27 (1.04–1.56) Income quintile 1 (lowest) Ref 2 0.87 (0.76–1.00) 3 0.78 (0.64–0.95) 4 0.68 (0.53–0.86) 5 (highest) 0.52 (0.39–0.69) Note: CI = confidence interval, IRR = incidence rate ratio.
↵* Poisson model adjusted for sex, age at immigration, length of time in Canada, residence, refugee status and income quintile.
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