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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study population

From: Multimorbidity and chronic diseases among undocumented migrants: evidence to contradict the myths

 

Spanish-nationals

Foreign-born (all)

Africa

Asia

Eastern Europe

Latin America

Western Europe & North America

  

DM

UM

DM

UM

DM

UM

DM

UM

DM

UM

DM

UM

N

930,131

123,432

17,152

29,643

2563

4621

327

39,678

7429

39,829

4643

9661

2190

Men, %

48.58

51.45

66.24

68.04

81.23

56.76

62.39

48.77

67.88

40.91

54.47

52.51

68.63

Women, %

51.42

48.55

33.76

31.96

18.77

43.24

37.61

51.23

32.12

59.09

45.53

47.49

31.37

Age

Mean (SD)

51.90 (0.02)

38.18 (0.034)

38.06 (0.083)

37.39 (0.063)

37.85 (0.204)

38.49 (0.184)

39.71 (0.664)

36.71 (0.053)

37.23 (0.118)

38.51 (0.063)

38.89 (0.170)

45.12 (0.147)

39.16 (0.248)

18–44 years, %

39.71

74.11

76.10

78.27

80.53

72.80

69.11

78.79

78.58

71.39

72.73

53.97

70.68

45–64 years, %

32.14

22.94

22.11

19.48

17.17

23.31

26.91

20.26

20.62

25.14

24.6

35.26

26.94

65+ years, %

28.16

2.95

1.79

2.25

2.3

3.90

3.98

0.95

0.79

3.47

2.67

10.78

2.37

Number of chronic diseases

Mean (SD)

2.01 (0.0025)

0.81 (0.0037)

0.26 (0.0055)

0.67 (0.0067)

0.24 (0.0133)

0.56 (0.0169)

0.24 (0.0403)

0.651 (0.0055)

0.20 (0.0072)

1.00 (0.0072)

0.36 (0.0124)

1.25 (0.0184)

0.25 (0.0156)

0 diseases, %

34.19

57.59

83.34

61.80

83.30

68.88

86.54

62.59

86.57

50.41

77.51

48.33

84.29

1 disease, %

20.39

22.62

11.13

22.61

12.72

18.35

7.95

21.57

9.17

24.31

14.69

22.00

10.46

  ≥ 2 diseases, %

45.42

19.79

5.53

15.59

3.98

12.77

5.51

15.84

4.26

25.28

7.80

29.67

5.25

Duration of residence in Aragon

  < 5 years, %

31.39

46.18

32.37

40.11

42.29

44.34

36.04

51.92

28.68

39.84

15.27

47.53

  ≥ 5 years, %

68.61

53.82

67.63

59.89

57.71

55.66

63.96

48.08

71.32

60.16

84.73

52.47

Number ofvisits to the primary care doctor (normal care)

Mean (SD)

6.7 (8.4)

4.0 (5.6)

0.5 (2.0)

4.1 (5.6)

0.8 (2.2)

2.7 (4.6)

0.2 (0.8)

3.3 (5.1)

0.5 (1.9)

4.5 (5.8)

0.6 (2.2)

4.5 (6.6)

0.3 (1.8)

  1. N number of persons, DM documented migrants, UM undocumented migrants