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Table 5 Screening tests by Region of Birth for Girls (< 15 years old)

From: The health profile of newly-arrived refugee women and girls and the role of region of origin: using a population-based dataset in California between 2013 and 2017

 

Region of Birth

Africa (Col %)

Southeast Asia (Col %)

Europe/Central Asia (Col %)

Latin America and the Caribbean (Col %)

South Asia (Col %)

Total (Col %)

p-value

Total

353 (100)

229 (100)

303 (100)

57 (100)

2577 (100)

3519 (100.0)

 

Hep B surface antigen

     

0.175

 Non-reactive

341 (98.8)

206 (100)

245 (99.6)

50 (100)

2151 (99.7)

2993 (99.6)

 

 Reactive

4 (1.2)

0 (0)

1 (0.4)

0 (0)

7 (0.3)

12 (0.4)

 

Hep C

      

0.818

 Non-reactive

285 (99.3)

87 (98.9)

136 (100)

36 (100)

1519 (99.4)

2063 (99.4)

 

 Reactive

2 (0.7)

1 (1.1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

9 (0.6)

12 (0.6)

 

HIV

      

0.547

 Negative

303 (99.7)

190 (100)

222 (100)

50 (100)

1883 (99.9)

2648 (99.9)

 

 Positive

1 (0.3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.1)

2 (0.1)

 

Female genital cutting

     

0.000

 No

223 (94.5)

104 (100)

218 (100)

34 (100)

1713 (99.9)

2292 (99.4)

 

 Yes

13 (5.5)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.1)

14 (0.6)

 

Syphilis VDRL or RPR

     

0.796

 Non-reactive

92 (100)

105 (99.1)

62 (100)

29 (100)

545 (99.6)

833 (99.6)

 

 Reactive

0 (0)

1 (0.9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (0.4)

3 (0.4)

 
  1. Age < 15 for all observations