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. 2015 Sep 11;31:655–665. doi: 10.1007/s10654-015-0083-9

Table 1.

Person-years at risk (PYR), total deaths, and age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) by region of origin in six European countries

Country of destination/region of origin PYR Total deaths (n) ASMR (per 100,000 PY)
Men Women Men Women Men Women
Denmark, linked data, 1992–2001
 Local-born 23,746,475 23,180,331 104,682 69,666 347.7 221.4
 North Africaa 28,302 22,682 79 19 545.0 190.5
 Sub-Saharan Africab 59,569 55,858 63 47 263.2 119.7
 South Asiac 94,702 84,447 299 131 562.6 297.8
 East Asiad 64,856 104,051 132 122 308.3 214.6
 Eastern Europee 220,385 226,249 638 456 484.9 257.7
 Turkey 182,159 161,540 522 227 607.0 324.7
England & Wales, unlinked data, 1999–2003
 Local-born 102,407,760 102,284,340 338,241 215,470 258.4 157.8
 North Africa 158,157 108,510 555 261 298.9 178.5
 Sub-Saharan Africa 1,641,200 1,715,870 4524 2872 255.1 160.6
 Caribbeanf 492,580 605,262 3692 2483 308.4 175.4
 South Asia 2,271,330 2,259,465 9405 5303 255.3 155.4
 Eastern Europe 285,077 421,770 1317 906 325.7 146.8
France, unlinked data, 2005–2007
 Local-born 71,477,377 72,170,529 245,568 114,830 280.5 123.0
 North Africa 3,445,897 3,184,913 15,900 6676 212.9 103.9
 Sub-Saharan Africa 1,171,073 1,179,280 3481 1894 241.5 161.5
 Caribbean 47,279 57,864 84 63 182.4 99.0
 Other Latin Americag 155,728 201,026 235 157 171.2 81.6
 South Asia 53,573 49,359 134 49 235.2 132.3
 East Asia 373,526 418,176 1183 599 192.2 96.2
 Eastern Europe 374,582 484,253 1783 842 331.0 127.8
 Turkey 372,175 317,687 755 250 186.2 84.0
The Netherlands, linked data, 1996–2006
 Local-born 65,253,814 63,575,710 215,125 135,367 249.3 155.7
 North Africa 1,612,176 1,431,578 2702 1267 207.6 136.5
 Caribbean 2,227,202 2,347,797 5540 3412 337.1 185.5
 Turkey 1,848,426 1,690,786 3851 1618 295.7 147.7
Scotland, unlinked data, 1999–2003
 Local-born 10,677,105 10,955,370 51,270 32,223 364.3 208.2
 North Africa 8210 4690 34 16 459.6 293.8
 Sub-Saharan Africa 44,995 44,920 122 82 350.8 223.1
 Caribbean 3515 4510 11 11 239.8 160.6
 Other Latin America 5,985 7,540 8 9 108.3 87.8
 South Asia 80,925 80,355 289 173 240.0 159.0
 East Asia 28,695 30,265 72 38 214.5 124.5
 Eastern Europe 8,080 11,765 47 24 558.8 183.4
Spain, unlinked data, 2001–2005
 Local-born 86,293,659 85,302,035 297,428 126,250 264.8 109.8
 North Africa 1,504,571 781,205 3421 1230 298.5 169.9
 Sub-Saharan Africa 358,120 167,478 872 259 412.1 210.1
 Caribbean 304,863 469,072 537 432 210.6 100.6
 Other Latin America 2,506,164 2,831,886 2941 1869 170.7 89.1
 East Asia 137,002 124,429 130 64 120.8 71.5
 Eastern Europe 885,962 774,551 2017 697 318.5 143.1

PYR Person-years at risk, ASMR age-standardized mortality rate

aIncluding migrants from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, and other Northern Africa

bIvory Coast, Democratic Republic Congo, Madagascar, Mail, Cameroun, Congo, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Central Southern Africa, and other Africa

cPakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Indian & Southern Oceans, and Bangladesh

dSouth Eastern Asia, Cambodia, China, Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam

eAlbania, Bosnia-Herzegoniva, Serbia and Montenegro, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and other East Europe

fThe Caribbean countries and Haiti

gBrazil, South America, Central-South America, Central America, and other Latin America