Socioeconomic characteristics and health outcomes in Sami speaking municipalities and a control group in northern Norway
Objectives. The Sami people constitute an ethnic minority in northern Norway. The objectives of this study were to compare municipalities with a majority of Sami in the population and a control group with regard to socioeconomic factors and health outcome. Methods. Original data from Statistics Norw...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:58f48533a3094d1a86df3afbffa2b509 2023-05-15T15:08:51+02:00 Socioeconomic characteristics and health outcomes in Sami speaking municipalities and a control group in northern Norway Jan Norum Carsten Nieder 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v71i0.19127 https://doaj.org/article/58f48533a3094d1a86df3afbffa2b509 EN eng Taylor & Francis Group http://www.circumpolarhealthjournal.net/index.php/ijch/article/view/19127/pdf_1 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 doi:10.3402/ijch.v71i0.19127 2242-3982 https://doaj.org/article/58f48533a3094d1a86df3afbffa2b509 International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 71, Iss 0, Pp 1-6 (2012) Sami specialist health care referral ethnic minority Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2012 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v71i0.19127 2022-12-31T12:52:18Z Objectives. The Sami people constitute an ethnic minority in northern Norway. The objectives of this study were to compare municipalities with a majority of Sami in the population and a control group with regard to socioeconomic factors and health outcome. Methods. Original data from Statistics Norway and Directorate of health on socioeconomic factors (education, unemployment, disability, poverty) and health outcomes [total mortality, cancer specific mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD) specific mortality] were imported from the “Health Atlas” at the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority (NNRHA) trust. The 8 municipalities in the administration area of the Sami language law (Sami-majority group – 18,868 inhabitants) was compared with a control group consisting of 11 municipalities where the Sami constitute a small minority in the population (18,931 inhabitants). Most data were from 2005 and 2008. Results. There was no significant difference in socioeconomic factors. Overall, cancer- and CVD-specific mortality rates were similar in both groups. The life expectancy was significantly longer among women in the Sami-majority area (81.3 vs. 79.5 years, p=0.035) and males (74.5 vs. 72.0 years, p=0.037). Conclusion. Socioeconomic factors and cause-specific mortality rate were similar in the Sami-majority group and the control group. Residents of both sexes in Sami-majority areas enjoyed longer life expectancy. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Northern Norway sami Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Norway International Journal of Circumpolar Health 71 1 19127 |
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Objectives. The Sami people constitute an ethnic minority in northern Norway. The objectives of this study were to compare municipalities with a majority of Sami in the population and a control group with regard to socioeconomic factors and health outcome. Methods. Original data from Statistics Norway and Directorate of health on socioeconomic factors (education, unemployment, disability, poverty) and health outcomes [total mortality, cancer specific mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD) specific mortality] were imported from the “Health Atlas” at the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority (NNRHA) trust. The 8 municipalities in the administration area of the Sami language law (Sami-majority group – 18,868 inhabitants) was compared with a control group consisting of 11 municipalities where the Sami constitute a small minority in the population (18,931 inhabitants). Most data were from 2005 and 2008. Results. There was no significant difference in socioeconomic factors. Overall, cancer- and CVD-specific mortality rates were similar in both groups. The life expectancy was significantly longer among women in the Sami-majority area (81.3 vs. 79.5 years, p=0.035) and males (74.5 vs. 72.0 years, p=0.037). Conclusion. Socioeconomic factors and cause-specific mortality rate were similar in the Sami-majority group and the control group. Residents of both sexes in Sami-majority areas enjoyed longer life expectancy. |
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Socioeconomic characteristics and health outcomes in Sami speaking municipalities and a control group in northern Norway |
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Socioeconomic characteristics and health outcomes in Sami speaking municipalities and a control group in northern Norway |
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Socioeconomic characteristics and health outcomes in Sami speaking municipalities and a control group in northern Norway |
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Socioeconomic characteristics and health outcomes in Sami speaking municipalities and a control group in northern Norway |
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Socioeconomic characteristics and health outcomes in Sami speaking municipalities and a control group in northern Norway |
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