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Table 1 Characteristics of all Aussiedler from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) to North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) and of cohort members upon arrival in Germany together with the accrued person time in the respective categories of the covariables.

From: All-cause and Cardiovascular mortality among ethnic German immigrants from the Former Soviet Union: a cohort study

  

cohort

all Aussiedlerfrom the FSU to NRW

covariable

category

person years*

individuals (%)

individuals (%)

sex

male

117,597

16,734 (48.66)

133,807 (47.56)

 

female

124,548

17,659 (51.34)

147,549 (52.44)

age group§

15–39

146,081

19,863 (57.75)

164,799 (58.57)

 

40–64

75,180

10,954 (31.85)

88,467 (31.44)

 

65+

20,884

3,576 (10.40)

28,090 (9.98)

duration of stay†

<5 years

146,891

  
 

5–8 years

83,130

  
 

>8 years

12,124

  

study period†

1990–1993

26,494

  
 

1994–1997

78,096

  
 

1998–2002

137,555

  

year of arrival

1990–1993

141,832

14,728 (42.82)

112,055 (39.83)

 

1994–1997

76,404

11,441 (33.27)

104,275 (37.06)

 

1998–2001

23,909

8,224 (23.91)

65,026 (23.11)

family size at arrival

single

41,092

5,512 (16.03)

44,264 (15.73)

 

2–4

164,276

23,890 (69.46)

194,510 (69.13)

 

>4

36,777

4,991 (14.51)

42,582 (15.13)

population size of first city of residence

<100,000

140,804

15,343 (44.61)

190,241 (67.62)

 

> = 100,000

101,341

19,050 (55.39)

91,115 (32.38)

total

 

242,145

34,393(100.00)

281,356 (100.00)

  1. *person time is rounded to full person years
  2. §number of individuals and percentage are given for the age group at arrival in Germany
  3. †since duration of stay and calendar period are time-dependent variables, the number of individuals and percentage in the categories cannot be given