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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of Adult Refugees Resettling in a Connecticut district, 2013–2015

From: Vaccine completion and infectious diseases screening in a cohort of adult refugees following resettlement in the U.S.: 2013–2015

Variable

Value

Total participants, n

111

Age, median (IQR), years

30 (18–76)

Sex, n (%) female

45 (41%)

Country of Origin, n (%)

 Iraq

59 (53%)

 Afghanistan

20 (19%)

 Eritrea

12 (11%)

 Ethiopia

6 (5%)

 Othera

14 (13%)

Time between resettlement and screening, median (IQR), days

34 (15–44)

English proficiency, n (%)

20 (18%)

Resettled simultaneously with family (> 1 person), number (%)

85 (77%)

  1. Note: IQR Interquartile range
  2. a Other countries include Sudan, Syria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Colombia