Table 2 Standardized Mortality Ratios (SMR) and 95% Confidence Intervals: Migrants aged 15+ from the Former Soviet Union relative to country of destination (Germany and Israel)

All Causes of Death

1334

0.93

(0.88–0.98)

1246

0.85

(0.80–0.90)

2580

0.89

(0.85–0.92)

22989

1.01

(1.00–1.03)

25953

0.91

(0.90–0.93)

48942

0.96

(0.95–0.97)

Infectious and parasitic dis. (ICD-9: 001–139 ICD-10: A00-B99)

20

1.19

(0.72–1.83)

23

1.40

(0.89–2.11)

43

1.29

(0.96–1.74)

475

0.96

(0.87–1.05)

524

0.75

(0.66–0.83)

999

0.84

(0.77–0.90)

Viral Hepatitis (ICD-9: 070 ICD-10: B15–B19)

9

4.51

(2.06–8.56)

6

3.33

(1.25–7.36)

15

3.98

(2.23–6.57)

109

1.63

(1.35–1.96)

89

1.18

(0.97–1.38)

198

1.39

(1.25–1.53)

All Malignant Neoplasms (ICD-9: 140–208 ICD-10: C00–C97)

409

1.01

(0.92–1.11)

299

0.79

(0.71–0.89)

708

0.91

(0.84–0.98)

6498

1.21

(1.19–1.24)

7567

1.15

(1.13–1.17)

14065

1.18

(1.16–1.20)

   Stomach (ICD-9: 151 ICD-10:C16)

37

1.44

(1.04–1.99)

31

1.40

(0.98–1.99)

68

1.42

(1.12–1.80)

585

1.80

(1.71–1.88)

491

1.83

(1.74–1.91)

1067

1.81

(1.75–1.87)

   Liver (ICD-9: 155 ICD-10:C22)

18

1.55

(0.99–2.45)

12

1.80

(0.93–3.15)

30

1.64

(1.15–2.35)

188

1.35

(1.21–1.50)

181

1.29

(1.14–1.43)

369

1.32

(1.22–1.42)

   Cervix uteri (ICD- 9: 180 ICD-10: C53)

-

7

0.82

(0.33–1.68)

-

-

83

1.09

(0.88–1.31)

-

Rheum. fever and chronic rheumatic heart disease (ICD-9: 390–398 ICD-10: I00–I09)

-

3

0.52

(0.17–1.62)

-

33

0.76

(0.41–1.10)

112

0.86

(0.68–1.05)

145

0.84

(0.67–1.00)