Contributions of causes of death to differentials in life expectancy by internal migrant status in the Netherlands. A population register based study, 2015-2019.

ABSTRACT: Important health differences exist in the context of international migration and residential mobility. Less is known about health differences regarding the medium-distance level of internal migration. This study examines life expectancy gaps between internal movers and stayers in the Netherlands and their underlying processes by assessing the contribution of different causes of death by age and sex. It uses individually-linked death counts and population exposures extracted from population registers, covering the native Dutch population aged 10+ from 2015 to 2019. The pooled data were disaggregated by causes-of-death group (neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, lifestyle-related mortality, external causes, and other causes), internal migrant status (movers and stayers, based

SUBMITTER: Frentz-Gollnitz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11259871 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature