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Understanding the e...
Understanding the excess COVID-19 burden among immigrants in Norway
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Kjøllesdal, M. K. R. (författare)
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- Juárez, Sol P. (författare)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap
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- Aradhya, Siddartha (författare)
- Stockholms universitet,Sociologiska institutionen
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Indseth, T. (författare)
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- 2022-03-14
- 2022
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Journal of Public Health. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1741-3842 .- 1741-3850. ; 45:2, s. 277-286
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Abstract
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- Background We aim to use intermarriage as a measure to disentangle the role of exposure to virus, susceptibility and care in differences in burden of COVID-19, by comparing rates of COVID-19 infections between immigrants married to a native and to another immigrant.Methods Using data from the Norwegian emergency preparedness, register participants (N=2 312 836) were linked with their registered partner and categorized based on own and partner's country of birth. From logistic regressions, odds ratios (OR) of COVID-19 infection (15 June 2020-01 June 2021) and related hospitalization were calculated adjusted for age, sex, municipality, medical risk, occupation, household income, education and crowded housing.Results Immigrants were at increased risk of COVID-19 and related hospitalization regardless of their partners being immigrant or not, but immigrants married to a Norwegian-born had lower risk than other immigrants. Compared with intramarried Norwegian-born, odds of COVID-19 infection was higher among persons in couples with one Norwegian-born and one immigrant from Europe/USA/Canada/Oceania (OR 1.42-1.46) or Africa/Asia/Latin-America (OR 1.91-2.01). Odds of infection among intramarried immigrants from Africa/Asia/Latin-America was 4.92. For hospitalization, the corresponding odds were slightly higher.Conclusion Our study suggests that the excess burden of COVID-19 among immigrants is explained by differences in exposure and care rather than susceptibility.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- COVID-19
- infection
- hospitalization
- immigrant
- Norway
- register data
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- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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