Table 1 Descriptive statistics regarding country of birth and citizenship for the gambling disorder group and the two control groups: the Norwegian Patient Registry and the Norwegian Social Insurance Database (FD-trygd)
Gambling disorder (n = 5131) | The Norwegian Patient Registry (n = 30,476) | The Norwegian Social Insurance Database (n = 30,164) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | |
Country of birth | ||||||
Norway | 82.6 | (4237) | 67.5 | (20,582) | 78.1 | (23,545) |
Asia | 6.1 | (311) | 7.1 | (2156) | 5.5 | (1666) |
Europe excluding the Nordic Countries | 5.4 | (275) | 14.9 | (4532) | 10.6 | (3190) |
Nordic countries | 2.6 | (135) | 5.0 | (1533) | 2.0 | (601) |
Africa | 2.4 | (122) | 3.2 | (984) | 2.5 | (752) |
North America | 0.3 | (13) | 1.1 | (344) | 0.5 | (146) |
South and Central America | 0.7 | (36) | 0.9 | (278) | 0.8 | (227) |
Oceania | 0.0 | (2) | 0.2 | (67) | 0.1 | (37) |
Citizenship | ||||||
Norway | 90.4 | (4637) | 71.8 | (21,870) | 82.0 | (24,735) |
Asia | 2.3 | (117) | 4.7 | (1443) | 3.5 | (1047) |
Europe excluding the Nordic Countries | 3.2 | (163) | 14.1 | (4289) | 9.8 | (2948) |
Nordic countries | 2.8 | (142) | 5.1 | (1568) | 2.0 | (600) |
Africa | 1.1 | (54) | 2.5 | (748) | 1.8 | (558) |
North America | 0.1 | (3) | 1.0 | (301) | 0.3 | (88) |
South and Central America | 0.2 | (11) | 0.5 | (162) | 0.4 | (109) |
Oceania | 0.0 | (2) | 0.2 | (59) | 0.1 | (27) |