European Journal of Epidemiology
Volume 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 389-393

Low migrant mortality in Germany for men aged 65 and older: Fact or artifact? (Article)

Kibele E.* , Scholz R. , Shkolnikov V.M.
  • a Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Konrad-Zuse-Str. 1, 18057 Rostock, Germany
  • b Rostock Center for the Study of Demographic Change, Rostock, Germany
  • c Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Konrad-Zuse-Str. 1, 18057 Rostock, Germany

Abstract

Migrant mortality in Europe was found to be lower than mortality of host populations. In Germany, residents with migrant background constitute nearly one tenth of the population aged 65+ with about 40% of them being foreigners. The German Pension Scheme follows vital status of pensioners very accurately. Mortality re-estimation reveals two-fold underestimation of mortality of foreigners due to biased death numerator and population denominator. © 2008 The Author(s).

Author Keywords

Migrants Vital statistics registration Germany pensions Mortality

Index Keywords

Germany Registries population Bias (Epidemiology) Europe human Health Behavior Aged Healthy Worker Effect population size Humans life expectancy male Emigrants and Immigrants Reproducibility of Results Article Transients and Migrants social class Vital Statistics population migration mortality
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DOI: 10.1007/s10654-008-9247-1
ISSN: 03932990
Cited by: 38
Original Language: English