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Table 1 Countries of origin of the mothers of 63,931 children who participated in the study

From: Acculturation and 4-year caries increment among children of foreign-born mothers in Sweden: a register-based cohort study

Maternal country of origin

Category

n

Country (% in category)

Non-immigrant

49,503

Sweden (100%)

Immigrant

14,428

 

High HDI

2938

Western Europe (18.1%), Nordic countries (53.4%), Southern Europe (6.9%), North America (12.0%), Korea (9.6%)

Medium HDI

8974

Eastern Europe (32.5%), South America (12.5%), China (2.2%), Other Asia (51.9%), Vietnam (0.5%), Oceania (0.4%)

Low HDI

2516

Africa (92.9%), India (7.1%)

  1. HDI human development index; cut-offs: low = 0.350–0.449, medium = 0.450−0.699, high ≥ 0.700