Table 2 Population weighteda health status and health behaviours of the study population; % (crude n)
Characteristics | Total; n = 1000 | Men; n = 447 | Women; n = 553 | |||||||||
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Kurdish; n = 415 | Russian; n = 324 | Somali; n = 216 | p | Kurdish; n = 225 | Russian; n = 119 | Somali; n = 103 | p | Kurdish; n = 190 | Russian; n = 205 | Somali; n = 261 | p | |
Long term illness | 31.5 (123) | 35.3 (114) | 16.1 (35) | < 0.001 | 28.9 (58) | 23.1 (29) | 8.3 (8) | 0.003 | 34.6 (65) | 42.8 (85) | 21.0 (27) | 0.001 |
Self-perceived good health | 68.1 (271) | 66.4 (206) | 85.9 (212) | < 0.001 | 72.7 (156) | 77.4 (85) | 93.2 (89) | 0.003 | 62.5 (115) | 59.5 (121) | 81.3 (123) | < 0.001 |
Mental health symptomsb | 34.4 (138) | 15.7 (50) | 10.2 (28) | < 0.001 | 22.6 (45) | 8.8 (10) | 7.0 (8) | 0.001 | 48.8 (93) | 19.9 (40) | 12.1 (20) | < 0.001 |
At least one previous delivery (women) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 78.8 (145) | 71.5 (142) | 78.7 (96) | 0.247 |
At least one previous abortion (women) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 22.4 (39) | 55.8 (106) | 1.3 (4) | < 0.001 |
Alcohol consumption during the last 12 months | 37.0 (143) | 87.1 (277) | 0 (0) | NA | 53.2 (110) | 87.6 (100) | 0 (0) | NA | 17.1 (33) | 86.8 (177) | 0 (0) | NA |
High alcohol consuption (AUDIT-C)c | 1.0 (6) | 3.2 (10) | 0 (0) | NAd | 1.9 (6) | 5.2 (8) | 0 (0) | NA | 0 (0) | 2.0 (2) | 0 (0) | NAd |
Smokes daily | 18.2 (71) | 16.3 (50) | 2.1 (9) | < 0.001 | 30.5 (64) | 29.6 (33) | 5.4 (9) | < 0.001 | 3.2 (7) | 8.1 (17) | 0 (0) | NAd |
History of injecting drugs | 0.2 (1) | 0.3 (1) | 0 | NA | 0.4 (1) | 0.7 (1) | 0 (0) | 0.628 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | NA |
Visited a doctor during the last 12 months | 70.3 (283) | 69.1 (224) | 56.3 (131) | 0.002 | 67.4 (143) | 59.1 (73) | 52.7 (46) | 0.059 | 73.8 (140) | 75.4 (151) | 58.6 (85) | 0.005 |
Health check-up during the past 5 years | 72.6 (266) | 79.2 (246) | 59.9 (114) | < 0.001 | 68.8 (131) | 67.1 (79) | 63.7 (50) | 0.734 | 77.2 (135) | 87.1 (167) | 56.9 (64) | < 0.001 |
Healthcare visit due to a mental health problem during the last 12 months | 11.7 (49) | 4.1 (16) | 1.7 (4) | < 0.001 | 5.5 (10) | 5.8 (7) | 0.6 (1) | 0.056 | 19.2 (39) | 3.0 (9) | 2.4 (3) | < 0.001 |
Participation to infectious diseases screening upon arrival to Finland | 84.9 (324) | 13.8 (61) | 80.9 (172) | < 0.001 | 85.7 (173) | 17.8 (30) | 84.4 (72) | < 0.001 | 84.0 (151) | 11.3 (31) | 78.4 (100) | < 0.001 |
Post-migration travelling to country of origin | 59.6 (229) | 97.5 (300) | 15.7 (36) | < 0.001 | 53.4 (106) | 98.6 (110) | 9.1 (10) | < 0.001 | 67.2 (123) | 96.8 (190) | 20.6 (26) | < 0.001 |
Previos diagnosis of a blood borne infection | 0.6 (2) | 4.6 (15) | 14.4 (36) | < 0.001 | 0.7 (1) | 5.3 (6) | 12.8 (14) | 0.004 | 0.6 (1) | 4.1 (9) | 15.5 (22) | < 0.001 |