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Table 3 Relative risks of death from groups of conditions for all migrant groups combined compared to native Dutch population. Men and women combined

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

 

Relative riska(95% Confidence interval)

 

Adjusted for age and sex

Adjusted for all factors b

Total mortality

1.16 (1.13–1.18)

0.98 (0.96–1.00)

Total avoidable mortality

1.13 (1.09–1.17)

0.97 (0.94–1.01)

Diseases of infectious origin

2.00 (1.79–2.23)

1.50 (1.32–1.70)

Suicides

0.99 (0.90–1.10)

0.83 (0.74–0.93)

Malignant diseases

0.58 (0.53–0.64)

0.55 (0.50–0.61)

Acute and Chronic conditions

1.36 (1.29–1.42)

1.17 (1.11–1.23)

Ischemic heart disease

0.97 (0.90–1.03)

0.81 (0.76–0.87)

Asthma

2.20 (1.36–3.56)

1.66 (0.99–2.76)

Hypertension & cerebro-vascular accident

1.67 (1.53–1.84)

1.46 (1.32–1.60)

Diabetes (age 0–74)

3.45 (3.13–3.81)

2.65 (2.38–2.94)

Diabetes (age 0–49)

3.13 (2.48–3.96)

2.54 (2.22–2.87)

Conditions related to maternity & neonatal period

1.10 (0.99–1.24)

1.04 (0.92–1.20)

  1. aMigrant groups compared to the native Dutch population, adjustment for age
  2. bAdjustment for age, gender, marital status, urbanization level, and area income