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Table 1 Nationalities in the immigrant categories in the study

From: ADHD medication in offspring of immigrants — does the income level of the country of parental origin matter?

Immigrant Category

Major Nationalities

Sweden (Both parents)

Sweden (100%)

Mixed (One foreign born parent)

European (21,4%), non-European (23,1%)

High income European country

Northern Europe (38%), Eastern Europe (30%), Western Europe (11%), Southern Europe (8%)

Middle income European country

Former Yugoslavia (84%), Romania (7%)

High income non-European country

Chile (49%), Arabian peninsula (13%), North America (11%), South Korea and Japan (8%), Argentina and Uruguay (6%).

Middle income non- European country

Iraq (39%), Turkey (17%), Lebanon (16%), Iran (14%)

Low income non- European country

Somalia (21%), Syria (18%), Ethiopia/Eritrea (17%), South Asia (16%), South East Asia (9%), Northern Africa (7%).