The definition of immigrant status matters: impact of nationality, country of origin, and length of stay in host country on mortality estimates

LA Gimeno-Feliu, A Calderón-Larrañaga, E Díaz… - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Background Mortality is a robust indicator of health and offers valuable insight into the health
of immigrants. However, mortality estimates can vary significantly depending on the manner …

Differences in all-cause mortality: a comparison between immigrants and the host population in Norway 1990–2012

A Syse, BH Strand, O Naess, ÓA Steingrímsdóttir… - Demographic …, 2016 - JSTOR
BACKGROUND Differences in all-cause mortality between immigrants and host populations
may provide insight into health inequities that could be reduced. OBJECTIVE Death risks of …

Heterogeneity in cause-specific mortality according to birthplace in immigrant men residing in Madrid, Spain

E Regidor, L de La Fuente, D Martínez, ME Calle… - Annals of …, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To evaluate whether mortality in immigrants in the region of Madrid (Spain)
differs from mortality in Spanish in-country migrants. METHODS: Analyses of mortality in …

Causes of mortality across different immigrant groups in Northeastern Italy

U Fedeli, E Ferroni, M Pigato, F Avossa, M Saugo - PeerJ, 2015 - peerj.com
Background. Despite massive immigration towards Southern Europe in the last two
decades, data on mortality by cause among immigrants in Italy are scarce. The aim of this …

Differences in mortality by immigrant status in Italy. Results of the Italian Network of Longitudinal Metropolitan Studies

B Pacelli, N Zengarini, S Broccoli, N Caranci… - European journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Despite a rapid increase in immigration from low-income countries, studies on immigrants'
mortality in Italy are scarce. We aimed to describe differences in all and cause-specific …

Differences between immigrants at various durations of residence and host population in all-cause mortality, Canada 1991–2006

DWR Omariba, E Ng, B Vissandjée - Population Studies, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
We used data from the 1991–2006 Canadian Census Mortality and Cancer Follow-up Study
to compare all-cause mortality for immigrants with that of the Canadian-born population. The …

Duration of residence was not consistently related to immigrant mortality

V Bos, AE Kunst, J Garssen, JP Mackenbach - Journal of clinical …, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: This paper aimed to examine immigrant mortality according to duration of
residence in the Netherlands and to compare duration-specific mortality levels to levels of …

Mortality among US-born and immigrant Hispanics in the US: effects of nativity, duration of residence, and age at immigration

JS Holmes, AK Driscoll, M Heron - International journal of public health, 2015 - Springer
Objectives We examined the effects of duration of residence and age at immigration on
mortality among US-born and foreign-born Hispanics aged 25 and older. Methods We …

[PDF][PDF] The healthy immigrant effect and mortality rates

E Ng - Health Reports, 2011 - researchgate.net
According to the 2006 Census, almost 20% of the Canadian population were foreign-born, a
percentage that is projected to reach at least 25% by 2031. Studies based on age …

An observational study of immigrant mortality differences in Norway by reason for migration, length of stay and characteristics of sending countries

A Syse, MT Dzamarija, BN Kumar, E Diaz - BMC Public Health, 2018 - Springer
Background Knowledge of mortality differentials in immigrant groups depending on their
reason for migration, length of stay in host countries and characteristics of sending countries …