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Table 2 Patient demographics by diagnosis category

From: A cross-sectional investigation of the health needs of asylum seekers in a refugee clinic in Germany

Diagnosis category (ICD-10 Group)

Diagnoses (n, %)

Patients (n)

Age (mean years ± SD)

Age 95% CI

Proportion Male (95% CI)

P-Value Male

Proportion Minors (95% CI)

P-Value Minors

Total

6271 (100)

2753

25.3 ± 14.9

24.8–25.9

0.71 (0.70–0.73)

0.29 (0.28–0.31)

Respiratory (J)

1090 (17.4)

849

21.1 ± 15.9

20.0–22.1

0.68 (0.64–0.71)

0.029

0.43 (0.4–0.47)

< 0.001

Miscellaneous Abnormalities (R)

881 (14.1)

667

26.1 ± 14.8

25.0–27.3

0.69 (0.66–0.73)

0.215

0.26 (0.22–0.29)

0.057

Infection (A, B)

678 (10.8)

546

18.9 ± 14.3

17.7–20.1

0.71 (0.67–0.75)

0.925

0.47 (0.43–0.51)

< 0.001

Musculoskeletal/ Connective Tissues (M)

583 (9.3)

384

32.6 ± 12.9

31.3–33.8

0.73 (0.69–0.78)

0.415

0.083 (0.06–0.12)

< 0.001

Digestive (K)

427 (6.8)

314

27.8 ± 14.6

26.2–29.4

0.75 (0.70–0.80)

0.161

0.21 (0.17–0.26)

0.002

Injury/ Poisoning (S, T)

372 (5.9)

261

26.1 ± 12.4

24.5–27.6

0.84 (0.79–0.88)

< 0.001

0.23 (0.18–0.29)

0.034

Mental/ Behavioral (F)

322 (5.1)

172

29.4 ± 12.2

27.5–31.2

0.65 (0.58–0.72)

0.077

0.15 (0.1–0.21)

< 0.001

  1. The diagnosis categories included patients with ruled out diagnoses in those categories, and the categories are not mutually exclusive. Tests of proportion (chi-squared) were used to obtain p-values. Not shown are categories comprising fewer than 5 % of diagnoses