Low migrant mortality in Germany for men aged 65 and older: fact or artifact?

Migrant mortality in Europe was found to be lower than mortality of host populations. In Germany, residents with migrant background constitute nearly one tenth of the population aged 65+ with about 40% of them being foreigners. The German Pension Scheme follows vital status of pensioners very accura...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kibele, Eva, Scholz, Rembrandt, Shkolnikov, Vladimir M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2008
Materias:
Mortality
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2413078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18418717
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10654-008-9247-1
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Sumario:Migrant mortality in Europe was found to be lower than mortality of host populations. In Germany, residents with migrant background constitute nearly one tenth of the population aged 65+ with about 40% of them being foreigners. The German Pension Scheme follows vital status of pensioners very accurately. Mortality re-estimation reveals two-fold underestimation of mortality of foreigners due to biased death numerator and population denominator.

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