Are there differences in all-cause and coronary heart disease mortality between immigrants in Sweden and in their country of birth? A follow-up study of total populations

Table 1 Person-years at risk, number of all-cause and CHD deaths, age-adjusted all-cause and CHD mortality rates, (per 10 000 person-years at risk) and life expectancy (years) in the different countries, among immigrant groups in Sweden and in their country of birth. The age of the study population is 45–74 years. The reference population is Swedes in the WHO database.

Country	Person-years at risk	Number of all-cause deaths	Number of CHD deaths	All-cause mortality rate	CHD mortality rates	Life expectancy, years
WHO ¹
	Men
Sweden	1 427 200²	17060²	5 096²	120²	36²	77.3²
Denmark	834 600	13 461	2 832	170	36	74.2
Norway	637 200	8779	2 486	138	39	75.7
Finland	799 500	12 171	3 769	163	51	73.7
Germany	13 252 200	204 018	44 610	157	35	74.3
Southern Europe	27 664 800	384 991	52 233	134	18	75.0
Chile	1 342 569	20 591	2 422	173	21	72.5
Poland	4 926 500	117 529	18 552	243	38	69.2
Hungary	1 536 618	45 557	9 735	297	64	66.3
	Women
Sweden	1 480 900²	10 441²	1 756²	71²	12²	82.0²
Denmark	873 200	9 646	1 203	115	15	78.5
Norway	662 900	5 206	879	77	13	81.4
Finland	881 600	6 517	1 400	75	16	80.9
Germany	14 655 600	127 955	20 319	84	13	80.6
Southern Europe	30 446 500	203 332	19 052	64	6	81.4
Chile	1 509 217	13 315	1 179	99	9	79.5
Poland	5 876 400	67 921	7 772	114	13	77.7
Hungary	1 902 651	27 579	5 223	141	27	75.2
*MigMed* ¹
	Men
Sweden	10 210 682³	116 720³	34 612³	111³	33³
Denmark	100 034	1 579	433	135	36
Norway	71 954	1 059	283	125	33
Finland	397 646	5 232	1 489	156	46
Germany	85 310	833	235	103	29
Southern Europe	75 264	551	136	92	22
Chile	22 096	102	18	75	13
Poland	37 341	425	114	121	32
Hungary	40 190	450	143	121	38
	Women
Sweden	10 425 411³	71 218³	11 884³	68³	11³
Denmark	86 269	799	135	83	14
Norway	110 443	1 041	194	77	13
Finland	549 085	3 611	681	76	15
Germany	109 327	733	110	59	9
Southern Europe	42 740	191	28	53	9
Chile	24 479	83	12	42	7
Poland	73450	481	85	77	14
Hungary	29 544	212	40	76	15

¹ The data on immigrants in Sweden are taken from the database MigMed and data on country of birth from WHO.
² These figures are based on the all-cause deaths in the Swedish population from WHO (including immigrants)
³ These figures are based only on Swedes from MigMed (excluding all immigrants).

ISSN: 1471-2458