Table 6.

Proportionate mortality ratio in first generation NHW immigrants, selected area of birth, California, 1989–1999

Pneumonia/influenza	Male			Female
Place of birth	OBS	EXP	PMR (95% CI)	OBS	EXP	PMR (95% CI)
NHW US-born	33,417	–	–	40,822	–	–
Anglo-Saxon	941	936.97	1.00 (0.94–1.07)	1,394	1,387.6	1.00 (0.95–1.06)
Northern Europe	105	105.98	0.99 (0.81–1.20)	172	161.58	1.06 (0.91–1.24)
Western Europe	170	215.76	0.79 (0.67–0.92)	403	437.68	0.92 (0.83–1.02)
Eastern Europe	231	228.35	1.01 (0.89–1.15)	323	322.06	1.00 (0.90–1.12)
Southern Europe	206	225.82	0.91 (0.79–1.05)	369	396.26	0.93 (0.84–1.03)
Former USSR	185	198.03	0.93 (0.80–1.08)	326	361.35	0.90 (0.81–1.01)
Middle East	294	312.69	0.94 (0.84–1.05)	291	309.34	0.94 (0.84–1.06)
Arab Middle East	84	86.56	0.97 (0.77–1.20)	61	75.26	0.81 (0.62–1.04)
Non-Arab Middle East	210	226.13	0.93 (0.81–1.06)	230	234.09	0.98 (0.86–1.12)