Diagnoses of infectious diseases among Norwegian-born children to immigrant parents - the role of parental socioeconomic position.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Children of immigrants have a higher incidence of infectious disease than native children. Our aim was to assess the role of parental socioeconomic position for diagnoses of infectious disease among children of immigrants.

Methods

Data from the Norwegian Patient Registry (on diagnoses from secondary/tertiary care), Medical Birth Registry of Norway, and Statistics Norway were linked by the national personal identification number. Seven diagnostic infection categories were included from 2008 onwards. The study population included children born in Norway aged 0-10 years between 2008 and 2018 (N = 988,647). Hazards of infection diagnoses by parental region of origin (adjusted for sex, birth year, parental education, household income and mother's parity) and by parent

SUBMITTER: M K R K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10251444 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature