Table 1.

Baseline demographic characteristics of clinic patients: N = 1063.

VARIABLEN (%)
Sex
  • Male464 (44)
  • Female599 (56)
Age, y
  • 0–4120 (11)
  • 5–14139 (13)
  • 15–24163 (15)
  • 25–34288 (27)
  • 35–44203 (19)
  • 45–5494 (9)
  • 55–6436 (4)
  • ≥ 6520 (2)
Region of birth based on WHO classification6
  • Africa351 (33)
  • Americas*81 (8)
  • Asia†145 (14)
  • Eastern Mediterranean148 (14)
  • Europe299 (28)
  • Canada and the US‡39 (4)
Refugee class
  • Government-assisted refugee57 (5)
  • Infant or child born in Canada31 (3)
  • Refugee claimant975 (92)
Referral source
  • Refugee shelter771 (73)
  • Family or friend132 (12)
  • Other community agency110 (10)
  • Other health care provider38 (4)
  • Not available12 (1)

  • US—United States, WHO—World Health Organization.

  • ↵* Excludes patients born in Canada and the US.

  • ↵† Asia region includes WHO regions6 of South-East Asia (127 patients) and the Western Pacific (18 patients).

  • ↵‡ Patients born in Canada and the US are excluded from subsequent analyses.