Table 3
Odds ratios of hospitalization for selected causes, by immigrant status, world region of origin and period of arrival, household population aged 65 or older, Ontario, 2004 to 2006
Cause, immigrant status, world region of origin and period of arrival | Odds ratios | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age-sex adjusted | 95% confidence interval | Fully adjustedNote § | 95% confidence interval | |||
from | to | from | to | |||
All causes | ||||||
Canadian-bornNote † | 1.00 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 1.00 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
Immigrants (total)Note ‡ | 0.81Note * | 0.80 | 0.83 | 0.90Note * | 0.88 | 0.92 |
Long-term (before 1984) | 0.86Note * | 0.84 | 0.88 | 0.92Note * | 0.90 | 0.94 |
Medium-term (1984 to 1993) | 0.64Note * | 0.61 | 0.68 | 0.72Note * | 0.68 | 0.76 |
Recent (1994 to 2003) | 0.54Note * | 0.51 | 0.58 | 0.62Note * | 0.58 | 0.66 |
Europe | 0.89Note * | 0.87 | 0.91 | 0.94Note * | 0.92 | 0.96 |
Long-term (before 1984) | 0.90Note * | 0.88 | 0.92 | 0.94Note * | 0.92 | 0.96 |
Medium-term (1984 to 1993) | 0.87Note * | 0.78 | 0.98 | 0.91 | 0.81 | 1.02 |
Recent (1994 to 2003) | 0.66Note * | 0.58 | 0.75 | 0.71Note * | 0.62 | 0.81 |
East Asia | 0.40Note * | 0.37 | 0.43 | 0.45Note * | 0.41 | 0.48 |
Long-term (before 1984) | 0.44Note * | 0.40 | 0.49 | 0.48Note * | 0.43 | 0.53 |
Medium-term (1984 to 1993) | 0.39Note * | 0.34 | 0.44 | 0.42Note * | 0.37 | 0.47 |
Recent (1994 to 2003) | 0.34Note * | 0.29 | 0.39 | 0.37Note * | 0.31 | 0.42 |
South Asia | 0.75Note * | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.84Note * | 0.79 | 0.90 |
Long-term (before 1984) | 0.89Note * | 0.80 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 0.90 | 1.09 |
Medium-term (1984 to 1993) | 0.70Note * | 0.61 | 0.79 | 0.76Note * | 0.67 | 0.87 |
Recent (1994 to 2003) | 0.62Note * | 0.54 | 0.71 | 0.68Note * | 0.59 | 0.77 |
Circulatory diseases | ||||||
Canadian-bornNote † | 1.00 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 1.00 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
Immigrants (total)Note ‡ | 0.82Note * | 0.79 | 0.85 | 0.90Note * | 0.87 | 0.93 |
Long-term (before 1984) | 0.86Note * | 0.83 | 0.89 | 0.92Note * | 0.89 | 0.95 |
Medium-term (1984 to 1993) | 0.67Note * | 0.61 | 0.74 | 0.76Note * | 0.68 | 0.84 |
Recent (1994 to 2003) | 0.54Note * | 0.48 | 0.61 | 0.63Note * | 0.55 | 0.71 |
Europe | 0.90Note * | 0.87 | 0.93 | 0.94Note * | 0.91 | 0.98 |
Long-term (before 1984) | 0.90Note * | 0.87 | 0.93 | 0.94Note * | 0.91 | 0.98 |
Medium-term (1984 to 1993) | 0.89 | 0.73 | 1.08 | 0.92 | 0.76 | 1.13 |
Recent (1994 to 2003) | 0.73Note * | 0.58 | 0.92 | 0.79 | 0.62 | 1.00 |
East Asia | 0.31Note * | 0.26 | 0.35 | 0.34Note * | 0.29 | 0.39 |
Long-term (before 1984) | 0.37Note * | 0.30 | 0.45 | 0.40Note * | 0.33 | 0.49 |
Medium-term (1984 to 1993) | 0.30Note * | 0.23 | 0.38 | 0.32Note * | 0.24 | 0.41 |
Recent (1994 to 2003) | 0.21Note * | 0.15 | 0.30 | 0.22Note * | 0.16 | 0.32 |
South Asia | 0.90 | 0.81 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 0.91 | 1.14 |
Long-term (before 1984) | 1.03 | 0.88 | 1.20 | 1.17 | 1.00 | 1.37 |
Medium-term (1984 to 1993) | 0.87 | 0.71 | 1.06 | 0.95 | 0.77 | 1.17 |
Recent (1994 to 2003) | 0.74Note * | 0.59 | 0.93 | 0.81 | 0.65 | 1.02 |
Digestive diseases | ||||||
Canadian-bornNote † | 1.00 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 1.00 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
Immigrants (total)Note ‡ | 0.85Note * | 0.82 | 0.89 | 0.92Note * | 0.88 | 0.97 |
Long-term (before 1984) | 0.89Note * | 0.85 | 0.93 | 0.94Note * | 0.90 | 0.99 |
Medium-term (1984 to 1993) | 0.73Note * | 0.64 | 0.82 | 0.80Note * | 0.70 | 0.92 |
Recent (1994 to 2003) | 0.59Note * | 0.50 | 0.69 | 0.67Note * | 0.57 | 0.79 |
Europe | 0.93Note * | 0.88 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.92 | 1.02 |
Long-term (before 1984) | 0.93Note * | 0.89 | 0.98 | 0.97 | 0.92 | 1.02 |
Medium-term (1984 to 1993) | 0.97 | 0.75 | 1.25 | 1.02 | 0.79 | 1.32 |
Recent (1994 to 2003) | 0.68Note * | 0.49 | 0.94 | 0.75 | 0.54 | 1.04 |
East Asia | 0.55Note * | 0.48 | 0.64 | 0.62Note * | 0.53 | 0.74 |
Long-term (before 1984) | 0.57Note * | 0.45 | 0.71 | 0.63Note * | 0.49 | 0.79 |
Medium-term (1984 to 1993) | 0.60Note * | 0.46 | 0.77 | 0.66Note * | 0.51 | 0.87 |
Recent (1994 to 2003) | 0.47Note * | 0.34 | 0.65 | 0.53Note * | 0.38 | 0.74 |
South Asia | 0.60Note * | 0.50 | 0.72 | 0.66Note * | 0.55 | 0.80 |
Long-term (before 1984) | 0.76Note * | 0.60 | 0.97 | 0.84 | 0.66 | 1.08 |
Medium-term (1984 to 1993) | 0.42Note * | 0.29 | 0.63 | 0.47Note * | 0.31 | 0.69 |
Recent (1994 to 2003) | 0.53Note * | 0.37 | 0.76 | 0.58Note * | 0.41 | 0.83 |
... not applicable
Source: Linked 2006 Census-Hospital Discharge Database, Ontario. |
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