Table 3 Hazard ratios (HR) of sex specific cancer mortality estimated by migrant status and region of birth, adjusting for age and income

Asia

0.50

(0.12 – 1.99)

2

0.32

0.15

(0.02 – 1.08)

1

0.059

Eastern Europe

1.04

(0.33 – 3.22)

3

0.95

0.32

(0.05 – 2.29)

1

0.25

Former Yugoslavia

0.89

(0.75 – 1.07)

139

0.20

1.01

(0.85 – 1.20)

167

0.89

Iraq

0.33

(0.15 – 0.73)

6

0.006

0.35

(0.19 – 0.66)

10

0.001

Middle East

0.34

(0.16 – 0.71)

7

0.004

0.76

(0.49 – 1.19)

20

0.22

North Africa

0.41

(0.18 – 0.92)

6

0.029

0.64

(0.32 – 1.28)

8

0.20

Sub-Saharan Africa

-

-

0

-

1.57

(0.39 – 6.28)

2

0.52

All

0.75

(0.63 – 0.88)

163

0.0005

0.86

(0.73 – 1.00)

209

0.051

Female immigrants

n = 18,132

Male immigrants

n = 8,634

Region of origin

RR

95%CI

n

p-value

RR

95%CI

n

p-value

Asia

0.23

(0.12 – 0.47)

8

<0.0001

0.38

(0.17 – 0.85)

6

0.018

Eastern Europe

0.64

(0.39 – 1.05)

16

0.078

0.43

(0.11 – 1.73)

2

0.23

Former Yugoslavia

0.46

(0.19 – 1.11)

5

0.084

1.22

(0.63 – 2.35)

9

0.56

Iraq

0.17

(0.02 – 1.21)

1

0.076

0.99

(0.32 – 3.08)

3

0.99

Middle East

0.31

(0.17 – 0.59)

10

0.0003

0.42

(0.22 – 0.82)

9

0.01

North Africa

-

-

0

-

0.36

(0.12 – 1.12)

3

0.076

Sub-Saharan Africa

0.78

(0.25 – 2.41)

3

0.66

1.23

(0.40 – 3.84)

3

0.71

All

0.36

(0.26 – 0.48)

43

<0.0001

0.55

(0.39 – 0.78)

35

0.0007