Disparities in overall and site-specific cancer mortality among immigrant generations in Sweden: a nationwide follow-up study over 3 decades.

ABSTRACT: We examined the overall and site-specific cancer mortality disparities among first-generation-separately in adults (G1) and children (G1.5) at immigration-and second-generation (G2) immigrants and their countries of origin, using population-based registries in Sweden, encompassing more than 8.5 million individuals aged 20 years or older residing in Sweden since 1990, with follow-up until December 31, 2023. Cox proportional hazard models were fitted, stratified by sex, to estimate hazard ratios and 95% CIs compared with native Swedes. Mortality rates for most cancers transitioned from lower in G1 toward the rate of natives in G2. However, elevated mortality rates were sustained across generations for liver cancer in men and stomach cancer in women. Among G2, mortality rates associated with

SUBMITTER: Tollosa DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12342873 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature