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Table 6 Health risk behaviors by Region of Birth

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

Totala

541 (100)

634 (100)

603 (100)

351 (100)

6622 (100)

8751 (100.0)

0.000

Ever smokea

 No

524 (97.6)

598 (95.4)

573 (95.7)

311 (88.9)

5943 (90.4)

7949 (91.5)

 

 Yes

13 (2.4)

29 (4.6)

26 (4.3)

39 (11.1)

630 (9.6)

737 (8.5)

 

Current smokera

 No

9 (69.2)

16 (55.2)

20 (76.9)

25 (64.1)

287 (45.6)

357 (48.4)

0.002

 Yes

4 (30.8)

13 (44.8)

6 (23.1)

14 (35.9)

343 (54.4)

380 (51.6)

One alcohol drinka

 No

526 (98)

583 (93)

573 (95.7)

310 (88.6)

6277 (95.5)

8269 (95.2)

0.000

 Yes

11 (2)

44 (7)

26 (4.3)

40 (11.4)

296 (4.5)

417 (4.8)

Elevated glucose

 Not elevated

608 (98.2)

604 (97.4)

780 (91.3)

311 (98.4)

6840 (93.7)

9143 (94.2)

0.000

 Elevated

11 (1.8)

16 (2.6)

74 (8.7)

5 (1.6)

459 (6.3)

565 (5.8)

  1. aAge ≥ 15 years