Mortality among 723 948 foreign- and native-born Swedes 1970-1999
Background: Mortality in a population is regarded as an accurate and valid measure of the population's health. There are a few international studies, predominantly cross- sectional, of mortality among all foreign- born compared with an indigenous population, and the results have varied. No Swed...
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ftulundlup:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:99260e04-f8ed-451c-84b7-223873583d1b 2023-05-15T16:51:55+02:00 Mortality among 723 948 foreign- and native-born Swedes 1970-1999 Albin, B Hjelm, K Ekberg, J Elmståhl, Sölve 2005 https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/220319 https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cki026 eng eng Oxford University Press https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/220319 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cki026 pmid:16037077 wos:000232595200018 scopus:26844575405 European Journal of Public Health; 15(5), pp 511-517 (2005) ISSN: 1101-1262 Public Health Global Health Social Medicine and Epidemiology longitudinal study epidemiology mortality Sweden transients and migrants contributiontojournal/article info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2005 ftulundlup https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cki026 2023-02-01T23:32:27Z Background: Mortality in a population is regarded as an accurate and valid measure of the population's health. There are a few international studies, predominantly cross- sectional, of mortality among all foreign- born compared with an indigenous population, and the results have varied. No Swedish longitudinal study describing and analysing mortality data was found in a literature review. Methods: This study describes and analyses the differences in mortality between foreign- born persons and native Swedes during the period 1970 - 1999, based on data from Statistics Sweden and the National Board of Health and Welfare. The database consisted of 723 948 persons, 361 974 foreign- born living in Sweden in 1970, aged >= 16 years, and 361 974 Swedish controls matched for age, sex, occupation and type of employment, living in the same county in 1970. Results: The results showed increased mortality for foreign- born persons compared with the Swedish controls [ odds ratio ( OR) 1.08; 95% confidence interval ( CI) 1.07 - 1.08]. Persons who had migrated ` late' ( 1941 - 1970) to Sweden were 2.5 years younger at time of death than controls. In relation to country of birth, the highest risk odds were for men born in Finland ( OR 1.21), Denmark ( OR 1.11) and Norway/ Iceland ( OR 1.074). Age cohorts of foreign- born persons born between 1901 and 1920 had higher mortality at age 55 - 69 years than cohorts born between 1921 and 1944. Conclusions: Migrants had higher mortality than the native population, and migration may be a risk factor for health; therefore, this seems to be an important factor to consider when studying mortality and health. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Lund University Publications (LUP) Norway European Journal of Public Health 15 5 511 517 |
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Background: Mortality in a population is regarded as an accurate and valid measure of the population's health. There are a few international studies, predominantly cross- sectional, of mortality among all foreign- born compared with an indigenous population, and the results have varied. No Swedish longitudinal study describing and analysing mortality data was found in a literature review. Methods: This study describes and analyses the differences in mortality between foreign- born persons and native Swedes during the period 1970 - 1999, based on data from Statistics Sweden and the National Board of Health and Welfare. The database consisted of 723 948 persons, 361 974 foreign- born living in Sweden in 1970, aged >= 16 years, and 361 974 Swedish controls matched for age, sex, occupation and type of employment, living in the same county in 1970. Results: The results showed increased mortality for foreign- born persons compared with the Swedish controls [ odds ratio ( OR) 1.08; 95% confidence interval ( CI) 1.07 - 1.08]. Persons who had migrated ` late' ( 1941 - 1970) to Sweden were 2.5 years younger at time of death than controls. In relation to country of birth, the highest risk odds were for men born in Finland ( OR 1.21), Denmark ( OR 1.11) and Norway/ Iceland ( OR 1.074). Age cohorts of foreign- born persons born between 1901 and 1920 had higher mortality at age 55 - 69 years than cohorts born between 1921 and 1944. Conclusions: Migrants had higher mortality than the native population, and migration may be a risk factor for health; therefore, this seems to be an important factor to consider when studying mortality and health. |
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Mortality among 723 948 foreign- and native-born Swedes 1970-1999 |
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Mortality among 723 948 foreign- and native-born Swedes 1970-1999 |
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Mortality among 723 948 foreign- and native-born Swedes 1970-1999 |
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Mortality among 723 948 foreign- and native-born Swedes 1970-1999 |
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Mortality among 723 948 foreign- and native-born Swedes 1970-1999 |
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mortality among 723 948 foreign- and native-born swedes 1970-1999 |
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