Table 4.
Hazard ratios (RR) of sex specific cardiovascular (CVD) 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 |
0.67 |
(0.09 – 4.75) |
1 |
0.68 |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
| Eastern Europe |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
1.48 |
(0.47 – 4.60) |
3 |
0.50 |
| Former Yugoslavia |
0.83 |
(0.62 – 1.11) |
51 |
0.205 |
0.73 |
(0.58 – 0.93) |
82 |
0.0102 |
| Iraq |
1.31 |
(0.65 – 2.63) |
8 |
0.45 |
0.68 |
(0.40 – 1.19) |
13 |
0.18 |
| Middle East |
0.78 |
(0.37 – 1.65) |
7 |
0.51 |
0.43 |
(0.21 – 0.86) |
8 |
0.017 |
| North Africa |
0.19 |
(0.03 – 1.32) |
1 |
0.090 |
0.77 |
(0.35 – 1.73) |
6 |
0.53 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
|
All |
0.80 |
(0.62 – 1.03) |
68 |
0.0861 |
0.68 |
(0.55 – 0.84) |
112 |
0.0003 |
| |
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 |
0.34 |
(0.13 – 0.91) |
4 |
0.031 |
0.25 |
(0.08 – 0.77) |
3 |
0.0159 |
| Eastern Europe |
0.31 |
(0.11 – 0.83) |
4 |
0.02 |
0.72 |
(0.23 – 2.29) |
3 |
0.58 |
| Former Yugoslavia |
0.69 |
(0.26 – 1.85) |
4 |
0.45 |
0.52 |
(0.17 – 1.64) |
3 |
0.26 |
| Iraq |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
0.88 |
(0.22 – 3.54) |
2 |
0.86 |
| Middle East |
0.53 |
(0.26 – 1.08) |
8 |
0.08 |
0.49 |
(0.24 – 1.00) |
8 |
0.049 |
| North Africa |
0.31 |
(0.04 – 2.20) |
1 |
0.24 |
0.88 |
(0.37 – 2.15) |
5 |
0.79 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
2.06 |
(0.67 – 6.51) |
3 |
0.21 |
| All | 0.39 | (0.25 – 0.61) | 21 | < 0.0001 | 0.57 | (0.38 – 0.84) | 27 | 0.005 |
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.