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Table 2 Prevalence (%) of mental illness measured with RHS-13 in total and by sociodemographic characters, country of origin by World Bank GNI classification and by probability rate of being granted protection status in EU.

From: Is legal status associated with mental illness among newly arrived refugees in Sweden: an epidemiological study

Mental Illness measured with RHS-13

 
 

Mild mental illness

(≥ 11–17)

Moderate mental illness (≥ 18–25)

Severe mental illness (≥ 25)

Any mental illness

(all ≥ 11)

No mental illness

(all < 11)

 

n = 74

n = 73

n = 124

n = 271

n = 295

%

%

%

%

%

Total

13.1

12.9

21.9

47.9

52.1

Sex*

  

Men

13.3

11.9

16.7

41.8

58.2

Women

12.7

14.6

30.7

58.0

42.0

Legal Status*

  

Asylum seeker

13.7

13.2

26.0

52.9

47.1

Quota and other refugees

11.7

11.7

12.3

35.7

64.3

Age **

  

14–25

13.1

11.5

15.3

39.9

60.1

26–35

15.3

17.1

17.1

49.4

50.6

36>

11.3

10.8

31.5

53.5

46.5

Country of origin by World bank GNI Classification*

  

Low

13.0

12.2

13.9

39.1

60.9

Lower-middle

Upper-middle and high

12.7

13.4

15.3

11.8

26.7

28.0

54.7

45.3

53.2

46.8

Probability rate of first-time recognition*

  

Low (0–39%)

13.8

14.1

24.1

52.0

48.0

Middle (40–79%)

11.0

11.0

30.5

52.5

47.5

High (80–100%)

13.2

11.6

8.5

33.3

66.7

  1. *p value < 0.00, **p-value < 0.05