The rising number of immigrants to the United States and other western countries has been
accompanied by rising interest in the characteristics of immigrants including their mortality …

Objectives Studies have found a 'healthy-migrant effect'(HME) among arriving migrants, that
is, a better health status compared with others in the home country, but also in comparison …

Aims: The purpose of this study is systematically to review and synthesise available
prevalence data of major chronic diseases in international immigrants. Methods: Four …

The rise in working-age mortality rates in the United States in recent decades largely reflects
stalled declines in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality alongside rising mortality from …

Abstract Background Immigrants in Western countries have been particularly affected by the
COVID-19 crisis. Objective We analysed excess mortality rates among the foreign-born …

Background The migrant mortality advantage is generally interpreted as reflecting the
selection of atypically healthy individuals from the country of origin followed by the wearing …

Compared with natives, immigrants have lower all-cause mortality rates, despite their lower
socioeconomic status, an epidemiological paradox generally explained by the healthy …

When international migrants have lower mortality than nonmigrants, this is referred to as a"
migrant mortality advantage." This phenomenon has been pervasively observed, but often …

The migrant mortality advantage has been observed extensively, but its authenticity is
debated. In particular, concerns persist that the advantage is an artefact of the data …

Despite the immigrant mortality advantage and the increasing share of the population born
abroad, relatively little is known about how immigration has impacted trends in US life …