Table 3.
Hazard ratios (HR) of sex specific cancer mortality estimated by migrant status and region of birth, adjusting for age and income
| |
Female refugees |
n = 12,890 |
|
|
Male refugees |
n = 16,136 |
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region of origin | RR | 95%CI | n | p-value | RR | 95%CI | n | p-value |
| Asia |
0.50 |
(0.12 – 1.99) |
2 |
0.32 |
0.15 |
(0.02 – 1.08) |
1 |
0.059 |
| Eastern Europe |
1.04 |
(0.33 – 3.22) |
3 |
0.95 |
0.32 |
(0.05 – 2.29) |
1 |
0.25 |
| Former Yugoslavia |
0.89 |
(0.75 – 1.07) |
139 |
0.20 |
1.01 |
(0.85 – 1.20) |
167 |
0.89 |
| Iraq |
0.33 |
(0.15 – 0.73) |
6 |
0.006 |
0.35 |
(0.19 – 0.66) |
10 |
0.001 |
| Middle East |
0.34 |
(0.16 – 0.71) |
7 |
0.004 |
0.76 |
(0.49 – 1.19) |
20 |
0.22 |
| North Africa |
0.41 |
(0.18 – 0.92) |
6 |
0.029 |
0.64 |
(0.32 – 1.28) |
8 |
0.20 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
1.57 |
(0.39 – 6.28) |
2 |
0.52 |
|
All |
0.75 |
(0.63 – 0.88) |
163 |
0.0005 |
0.86 |
(0.73 – 1.00) |
209 |
0.051 |
| |
Female immigrants |
n = 18,132 |
|
|
Male immigrants |
n = 8,634 |
|
|
|
Region of origin |
RR |
95%CI |
n |
p-value |
RR |
95%CI |
n |
p-value |
| Asia |
0.23 |
(0.12 – 0.47) |
8 |
<0.0001 |
0.38 |
(0.17 – 0.85) |
6 |
0.018 |
| Eastern Europe |
0.64 |
(0.39 – 1.05) |
16 |
0.078 |
0.43 |
(0.11 – 1.73) |
2 |
0.23 |
| Former Yugoslavia |
0.46 |
(0.19 – 1.11) |
5 |
0.084 |
1.22 |
(0.63 – 2.35) |
9 |
0.56 |
| Iraq |
0.17 |
(0.02 – 1.21) |
1 |
0.076 |
0.99 |
(0.32 – 3.08) |
3 |
0.99 |
| Middle East |
0.31 |
(0.17 – 0.59) |
10 |
0.0003 |
0.42 |
(0.22 – 0.82) |
9 |
0.01 |
| North Africa |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
0.36 |
(0.12 – 1.12) |
3 |
0.076 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |
0.78 |
(0.25 – 2.41) |
3 |
0.66 |
1.23 |
(0.40 – 3.84) |
3 |
0.71 |
| All | 0.36 | (0.26 – 0.48) | 43 | <0.0001 | 0.55 | (0.39 – 0.78) | 35 | 0.0007 |
Danish born controls form the reference group. Analyses are based on deaths among the population (n) with a registered income from 1.1.1994 – 31.12.2007.