Mortality in adult offspring of immigrants: a Swedish national cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Higher risks of psychiatric disorders and lower-than-average subjective health in adulthood have been demonstrated in offspring of immigrants in Sweden compared with offspring of native Swedes, and linked to relative socioeconomic disadvantage. The present study investigated mortality rates in relation to this inequity from a gender perspective.

Methods

We used data from national registers covering the entire Swedish population aged 18-65 years. Offspring of foreign-born parents who were either Swedish born or had received residency in Sweden before school age (<7 years) were defined as "offspring of immigrants." We used Cox regression models to examine the association between parental country of birth and mortality between 1990 and 2008, with adjustment for educa

SUBMITTER: Manhica H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4338186 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature