Table 5

Utilisation of general practitioner care by ethnic background, by age and sex, as assessed by logistic regression models; the indigenous population is used as the reference category5-150 (odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals; significantly increased odds ratios in italic)

Surinam Netherlands Antilles Turkey Morocco
Total population 5-150 1.52 (1.00, 2.30)0.67 (0.20, 2.26) 3.07 (1.92, 4.92) 3.33 (2.26, 4.91)
By age group 5-151
16–34 years old0.66 (0.29, 1.50)0.48 (0.06, 3.76)1.74 (0.88, 3.45) 2.74 (1.52, 4.95)
35–64 years old 2.30 (1.38, 3.83) 0.78 (0.17, 3.58) 6.03 (2.89, 12.58) 3.78 (2.24, 6.36)
By sex 5-152
Men1.91 (0.92, 3.97)0.59 (0.07, 4.75) 4.15 (2.13, 8.09) 4.81 (2.84, 8.16)
Women1.37 (0.83, 2.28)0.68 (0.15, 3.06) 2.18 (1.10, 4.30) 2.17 (1.20, 3.92)
  • 5-150 Controlled for age and sex.

  • 5-151 Controlled for sex.

  • 5-152 Controlled for age.