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Table 6 Mortality rate ratio by migrant origin, cause of death and study period - Women living in Belgium aged 25–65 years

From: Trends in Belgian cause-specific mortality by migrant origin between the 1990s and the 2000s

 

Belgium

Netherlands

France

Spain

Italy

Eastern Europe

Turkey

Morocco

Sub-Saharan Africa

Women – 1990s

 All Deaths

ref.

0.92 (0.86,0.98)

1.08 (1.03,1.14)

0.67 (0.61,0.74)

0.78 (0.75,0.82)

1.16 (1.07,1.26)

0.75 (0.67,0.84)

0.77 (0.71,0.84)

2.18 (1.90,2.51)

 Cancer

ref.

0.96 (0.87,1.06)

0.92 (0.85,0.99)

0.52 (0.44,0.62)

0.73 (0.68,0.78)

1.15 (1.02,1.29)

0.43 (0.35,0.54)

0.46 (0.39,0.55)

0.97 (0.71,1.33)

  Head and neck

ref.

1.42 (0.84,2.41)

1.47 (0.97,2.22)

0.33 (0.08,1.33)

0.38 (0.21,0.72)

2.72 (1.63,4.54)

0.24 (0.03,1.70)

0.28 (0.07,1.12)

1.97 (0.49,7.90)

  Stomach

ref.

1.43 (0.85,2.43)

0.39 (0.18,0.88)

1.13 (0.54,2.37)

1.08 (0.73,1.58)

1.62 (0.84,3.13)

2.12 (1.05,4.26)

1.79 (0.99,3.24)

1.23 (0.17,8.69)

  Colorectal

ref.

1.16 (0.87,1.55)

1.13 (0.89,1.43)

0.48 (0.27,0.84)

0.90 (0.73,1.11)

0.80 (0.50,1.27)

0.41 (0.18,0.90)

0.21 (0.09,0.50)

0.97 (0.31,3.02)

  Pancreas

ref.

1.03 (0.64,1.67)

0.83 (0.54,1.27)

0.58 (0.26,1.29)

0.73 (0.51,1.04)

1.18 (0.65,2.13)

0.32 (0.10,1.00)

  Lung

ref.

1.55 (1.23,1.95)

1.04 (0.83,1.30)

0.67 (0.43,1.04)

0.59 (0.47,0.75)

0.89 (0.60,1.33)

0.43 (0.21,0.86)

0.03 (0.00,0.23)

0.97 (0.36,2.58)

  Breast

ref.

0.67 (0.55,0.83)

0.79 (0.68,0.91)

0.47 (0.34,0.64)

0.66 (0.58,0.75)

1.02 (0.82,1.28)

0.12 (0.06,0.25)

0.37 (0.27,0.51)

0.72 (0.39,1.34)

  Uterus

ref.

1.11 (0.64,1.91)

0.93 (0.57,1.50)

0.67 (0.28,1.60)

1.03 (0.72,1.48)

0.60 (0.22,1.60)

0.42 (0.14,1.30)

2.17 (0.54,8.73)

  Ovary

ref.

0.86 (0.60,1.24)

0.83 (0.62,1.11)

0.28 (0.12,0.62)

0.48 (0.36,0.65)

1.23 (0.82,1.83)

0.60 (0.30,1.21)

0.32 (0.15,0.68)

0.71 (0.18,2.85)

  Brain

ref.

0.79 (0.48,1.31)

0.80 (0.53,1.19)

0.74 (0.38,1.42)

1.11 (0.85,1.45)

1.61 (1.00,2.60)

1.39 (0.79,2.46)

0.42 (0.19,0.94)

0.97 (0.24,3.89)

  Leukaemia

ref.

0.93 (0.51,1.68)

0.85 (0.52,1.40)

0.66 (0.27,1.58)

0.61 (0.38,0.95)

1.36 (0.70,2.61)

0.81 (0.39,1.71)

 Circulatory

ref.

0.76 (0.64,0.90)

1.20 (1.08,1.34)

0.72 (0.58,0.89)

0.95 (0.86,1.04)

1.19 (1.00,1.42)

1.06 (0.85,1.34)

0.50 (0.38,0.65)

1.47 (0.96,2.26)

 Respiratory

ref.

1.08 (0.81,1.44)

0.90 (0.70,1.16)

0.50 (0.30,0.85)

0.70 (0.56,0.87)

1.09 (0.75,1.60)

1.11 (0.70,1.76)

0.65 (0.40,1.05)

1.20 (0.45,3.19)

 Digestive

ref.

0.46 (0.30,0.69)

1.70 (1.44,2.02)

0.66 (0.43,1.02)

0.62 (0.50,0.77)

1.20 (0.86,1.69)

0.40 (0.21,0.78)

0.35 (0.20,0.60)

0.54 (0.17,1.68)

 Injuries

ref.

0.84 (0.68,1.04)

1.09 (0.94,1.26)

0.57 (0.42,0.79)

0.73 (0.64,0.84)

0.98 (0.75,1.28)

0.47 (0.33,0.68)

0.39 (0.28,0.53)

1.39 (0.93,2.08)

Women – 2000s

 All Deaths

ref.

0.91 (0.85,0.96)

1.16 (1.11,1.22)

0.76 (0.65,0.88)

0.78 (0.74,0.81)

0.94 (0.88,1.01)

0.82 (0.75,0.89)

0.75 (0.70,0.80)

1.18 (1.08,1.29)

 Cancer

ref.

0.89 (0.81,0.97)

1.05 (0.98,1.13)

0.78 (0.63,0.97)

0.77 (0.72,0.82)

0.93 (0.84,1.03)

0.62 (0.53,0.71)

0.58 (0.52,0.65)

0.79 (0.67,0.93)

  Head and neck

ref.

0.95 (0.52,1.72)

1.75 (1.19,2.57)

2.57 (1.15,5.75)

0.54 (0.32,0.92)

1.10 (0.57,2.12)

0.66 (0.25,1.77)

0.37 (0.14,0.99)

0.54 (0.13,2.16)

  Stomach

ref.

0.61 (0.27,1.36)

0.76 (0.41,1.43)

2.04 (1.51,2.77)

3.00 (1.94,4.64)

2.32 (1.31,4.10)

1.94 (1.21,3.10)

0.94 (0.30,2.93)

  Colorectal

ref.

0.86 (0.62,1.19)

0.97 (0.74,1.27)

1.16 (0.63,2.17)

0.84 (0.67,1.05)

0.80 (0.53,1.19)

0.37 (0.18,0.74)

0.72 (0.50,1.05)

1.22 (0.74,2.00)

  Pancreas

ref.

0.65 (0.40,1.06)

1.46 (1.10,1.96)

0.62 (0.20,1.92)

1.12 (0.86,1.45)

1.01 (0.63,1.63)

1.11 (0.64,1.92)

0.90 (0.57,1.42)

0.57 (0.21,1.53)

  Lung

ref.

1.12 (0.92,1.35)

1.21 (1.03,1.42)

0.83 (0.51,1.36)

0.66 (0.56,0.78)

0.99 (0.78,1.26)

0.38 (0.24,0.59)

0.19 (0.12,0.30)

0.65 (0.42,1.00)

  Breast

ref.

0.75 (0.62,0.90)

0.98 (0.85,1.13)

0.69 (0.45,1.06)

0.65 (0.57,0.74)

0.70 (0.56,0.88)

0.37 (0.26,0.52)

0.69 (0.57,0.84)

0.68 (0.49,0.94)

  Uterus

ref.

0.85 (0.47,1.54)

1.60 (1.09,2.34)

1.95 (0.81,4.71)

0.96 (0.65,1.40)

0.90 (0.45,1.80)

1.59 (0.85,2.98)

0.53 (0.24,1.18)

0.27 (0.04,1.88)

  Ovary

ref.

1.02 (0.74,1.42)

0.86 (0.63,1.18)

0.99 (0.47,2.09)

0.77 (0.59,0.99)

0.85 (0.55,1.31)

0.78 (0.46,1.32)

0.43 (0.26,0.73)

0.55 (0.24,1.22)

  Brain

ref.

0.60 (0.34,1.06)

0.72 (0.46,1.13)

0.97 (0.36,2.59)

0.79 (0.57,1.10)

1.12 (0.70,1.81)

0.88 (0.49,1.60)

0.73 (0.44,1.19)

0.38 (0.12,1.17)

  Leukaemia

ref.

1.75 (1.12,2.73)

1.42 (0.93,2.17)

0.86 (0.21,3.44)

0.81 (0.52,1.24)

0.60 (0.25,1.44)

0.91 (0.41,2.03)

0.51 (0.23,1.14)

3.38 (1.99,5.73)

 Circulatory

ref.

0.97 (0.84,1.12)

1.08 (0.96,1.22)

0.59 (0.40,0.89)

0.85 (0.77,0.94)

0.90 (0.76,1.07)

1.11 (0.93,1.34)

0.92 (0.79,1.07)

1.24 (0.99,1.55)

 Respiratory

ref.

1.03 (0.80,1.31)

0.95 (0.76,1.19)

0.88 (0.48,1.58)

0.69 (0.57,0.85)

0.50 (0.33,0.77)

0.62 (0.39,0.97)

0.72 (0.53,0.98)

1.19 (0.78,1.80)

 Digestive

ref.

0.64 (0.47,0.86)

1.51 (1.27,1.79)

0.29 (0.11,0.78)

0.62 (0.51,0.76)

0.98 (0.74,1.30)

0.29 (0.16,0.52)

0.18 (0.10,0.31)

0.88 (0.57,1.35)

 Injuries

ref.

0.96 (0.77,1.20)

0.58 (0.45,0.73)

1.01 (0.63,1.62)

0.17 (0.12,0.24)

0.81 (0.62,1.06)

0.80 (0.61,1.06)

0.83 (0.67,1.02)

0.86 (0.62,1.21)

  1. All models are adjusted for attained age