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Citation

Uitenbroek DG. BMC Public Health 2015; 15: 825.

Affiliation

Public Health Service Amsterdam, Department of Epidemiology and HealthPromotion, Nieuwe Achtergracht 100, P O Box 2200, Amsterdam, 1000 CE, Netherlands. daanuitenbroek@ggd.amsterdam.nl.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/s12889-015-2170-y

PMID

26310865

PMCID

PMC4549834

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The life table is a valid and frequently used instrument to compare the mortality of migrant groups. Most analyses are limited to an overview and give only life expectancy; however, further analysis of the life table can give more insight into differences in patterns of mortality between groups.

METHODS: A thorough life table analysis was applied to the mortality data of seven ethnic groups by age and gender.

RESULTS: Life expectancy is systematically higher in migrants compared with the Dutch citizens of Amsterdam. However, between birth and the age of 40 the probability of death is higher among non-western migrants compared with citizens of western origin. The number of deaths is small among the young. This results in very small differences in survival between the groups; from birth up to the age of 40 the survival rate is 98.7 % for citizens of western origin and 98.3 % for citizens of non-western origin. In all seven ethnic groups over 90.7 % of babies, male and female, survive up to the age of 60. In all female groups the survival is better than in male groups. Males and females aged 0 to 40 from Antillean origin are the only exception.

CONCLUSION: Life expectancy is generally higher in non-western than in western groups. Differences in survival between ethnic groups are small up to middle age.


Language: en

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