Journal of Public Health
Volume 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-198

Mortality from all causes and circulatory disease by country of birth in England and Wales 2001-2003 (Article) (Open Access)

Wild S.H.* , Fischbacher C. , Brock A. , Griffiths C. , Bhopal R.
  • a Public Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place EH8 9AG, United Kingdom
  • b Information Services Division, NHS National Services, Gyle Square, Edinburgh EH12 9EP, United Kingdom
  • c Mortality Statistics, Office for National Statistics, Drummond Gate, London SW1V 2QQ, United Kingdom
  • d Mortality Statistics, Office for National Statistics, Drummond Gate, London SW1V 2QQ, United Kingdom
  • e Public Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place EH8 9AG, United Kingdom

Abstract

Background Differences in mortality by country of birth in England and Wales in people under 70 years of age have been demonstrated previously. Changes in age distribution of migrants and in migration patterns have occurred subsequently.MethodsAll-cause and circulatory disease mortality for people aged 20 years and over in England and Wales by country of birth were examined using population data from the 2001 Census and mortality data for 2001-2003. Indirect standardization was used to estimate sex-specific standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) and 95 confidence intervals (CI) in comparison to mortality for England and Wales as a whole.ResultsSMRs for all-cause mortality were statistically significantly higher than the national average for people born in Ireland, Scotland, East Africa and West Africa and lower for people born in China and Hong Kong. SMRs for circulatory disease were highest among people born in Bangladesh and lowest among people born in China and Hong Kong. Patterns of ischaemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease mortality differed by country of birth.ConclusionsMortality, particularly due to ischaemic heart disease and stroke, differs markedly by country of birth in all age groups including the ≥70-year-old group. © The Author 2007, Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

cardiovascular disease Mortality country of birth Ethnicity

Index Keywords

China Europe, Eastern Stroke Cardiovascular Diseases human middle aged statistics Aged Eastern Europe ethnology Accidents Humans cardiovascular disease Wales male England female Aged, 80 and over Africa Article accident adult migration United Kingdom Hong Kong Emigration and Immigration Bangladesh cause of death mortality Africa, Eastern Suicide
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DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdm010
ISSN: 17413842
Cited by: 172
Original Language: English