Holocaust Experience and Mortality Patterns: 4-Decade Follow-up in a Population-Based Cohort.

ABSTRACT: Research on mortality associated with exposure to the Holocaust is relevant for a better understanding of the effects of genocides on survivors. To our knowledge, previous studies have not investigated the long-term cause-specific mortality of Holocaust survivors. We compared mortality rates among Israelis born in European countries controlled by the Nazis during World War II with those among Israelis of European descent who did not have this exposure. Records of 22,671 people (45% women; 5,042 survivors) from the population-based Jerusalem Perinatal Study (1964-1976) were linked to the Israeli Population Registry, which was updated through 2016. Cox models were used for analysis, with 2-sided tests of statistical significance. Risk of all-cause mortality was higher among exposed women (ha

SUBMITTER: Youssim I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8327196 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature