Characteristics of patients seen in the IFMC 2002–April 2019 (n=3181)
Number (%) | |
Gender | |
Female | 1601 (50.3) |
Male | 1580 (49.7) |
Status | |
Refugee | 2899 (91.1) |
Special Immigrant Visa | 282 (8.9) |
Age categories | |
<18 years | 742 (23.3) |
18–34 | 1048 (32.9) |
35–49 | 827 (26.0) |
50–64 | 382 (12.0) |
≥65 | 182 (5.7) |
Speaks English on arrival | |
No | 2284 (71.8) |
Yes | 838 (26.3) |
Unknown | 56 (1.8) |
Top 10 countries of origin | |
Afghanistan | 650 (20.4) |
Bhutan/Nepal* | 556 (17.5) |
Burma/Thailand† | 368 (11.5) |
Iraq | 363 (11.4) |
Congo | 196 (6.2) |
Uzbekistan | 94 (3.0) |
Russia | 92 (2.9) |
Somalia | 84 (2.6) |
Syria | 74 (2.3) |
Colombia | 65 (2.0) |
Top 10 countries of departure | |
Nepal | 553 (17.4) |
Afghanistan | 440 (13.8) |
Thailand | 289 (9.1) |
Russia | 259 (8.1) |
Jordan | 187 (5.9) |
Kenya | 149 (4.7) |
Iraq | 123 (3.9) |
Turkey | 116 (3.6) |
Tanzania | 91 (2.9) |
Malaysia | 90 (2.8) |
*This includes refugees who were born in refugee camps in Nepal to parents born in Bhutan.
†This includes refugees who were born in refugee camps in Thailand to parents born in Burma/Myanmar.
IFMC, International Family Medicine Clinic.