Citation

Ho L, Bos V, Kunst AE. Am. J. Public Health 2007; 97(9): 1616-1618.

Affiliation

Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Centre, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. l.ho@erasmusmc.nl

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2006.086314

PMID

17666706

PMCID

PMC1963302

Abstract

We studied differences in cause-specific mortality between highly integrated first- and second-generation Indonesians and native Dutch. We used the municipal population registers and cause-of-death registry to estimate rate ratios via Poisson regression analyses. Although overall mortality levels were similar, cause-of-death patterns varied between Indonesian migrants and native Dutch; the similar levels in overall mortality coincided with the high degree of integration of Indonesians within Dutch society. The differences in cause-of-death patterns may reflect persistent influences of country of origin and migration history.[The authors found that Indonesians had lower mortality rates from suicide and 'motor injuries' than did the native Dutch.]

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