Table 2 Demographic and medical characteristics according to immigrant status and years since migration to Canada (N=5269)

Mean age (years)

39.8

39.6

39.3

57.9

49.3

Female (%)

78.6

77.3

71.0

62.6

66.7

Education less than high school (%)

26.7

17.9

13.8

11.9

17.9

Low Income Cut-off (%) ¹

52.8

43.9

31.4

15.6

14.8

Home language neither English or French (%)

23.5

19.1

11.7

3.7

<0.01

Race non-white (%)

64.5

71.4

58.4

18.2

2.4

Rural practice location (%) ²

2.0

2.2

1.9

5.3

8.8

Receiving care in a Community health Centre (%)

69.4

68.5

52.3

15.5

20.3

Receiving care in a fee-for-service practice (%)

23

19

29

35

24

Self reported health good to excellent (%)

75.2

82.8

84.3

77.7

83.1

Number of chronic conditions, mean

1.4

0.9

1.2

2.0

1.8

Depression reported (%)

30.6

20.2

27.1

23.8

30.3

Number of primary care visits in past, mean

11.5

7.4

7.4

6.3

6.2

First Contact Access score (normalized %)

74.0

77.0

74.0

78.0

77.0

First Contact Utilization score (normalized %)

94.0

95.0

95.0

98.0

97.0