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Table 1 Background characteristics by ethnicity and gender

From: Differences in avoidable mortality between migrants and the native Dutch in the Netherlands

  

Dutch

Turkish

Moroccans

Surinamese

Antillean/Aruban

Person Years (*1000)

Men

Women

36831

36315

904

810

780

666

810

866

264

266

Total number of deaths

Men

Women

178131

108602

1967

837

1293

585

2388

3013

520

355

Total number of avoidable deaths

Men

Women

62605

45687

560

272

381

211

984

698

183

145

Marital status: % single (aged 25–44)

Men

Women

41.9

29.8

12.4

6.5

26.6

8.9

48.8

39.3

67.7

56.9

Duration of stay in the Netherlands: % arrived before 1980

Men

Women

-

-

63.3

60.2

59.1

55.1

69.9

67.8

45.6

43.5

Urbanization level: % of living in highly urbanized area

Men

Women

32.8

34

74.8

74.1

77.3

77

80

80.3

66.8

69

SES: % living in low income area

Men

Women

16.3

16.3

58.7

58.2

56.1

55.6

50.8

49.4

43.8

43.0