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Mortality among 723 948 foreign- and native-born Swedes 1970-1999
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- Albin, B (författare)
- School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Växjö University, Sweden
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- Hjelm, Katarina (författare)
- Department of Community Medicine, University of Lund and School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Växjö University, Sweden
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- Ekberg, J (författare)
- School of Management and Economics, Växjö University, Sweden
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- Elmståhl, Sölve (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Geriatrik,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Geriatric Medicine,Lund University Research Groups,Geriatrics,Department of Community Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Lund, Sweden
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- 2005-07-21
- 2005
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: European Journal of Public Health. - Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1101-1262 .- 1464-360X. ; 15:5, s. 511-517
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Abstract
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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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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- longitudinal study
- epidemiology
- mortality
- Sweden
- public health
- transients and migrants
- epidemiology
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