Table 1
Deaths and crude and age-standardized mortality rates per 100,000 person-years at risk for immigrants, by sex, world region of birth and period of immigration, compared with Canadian-born cohort members, non-institutional population aged 25 or older at baseline, Canada, 1991 to 2001

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Table 1 Deaths and crude and age-standardized mortality rates per 100,000 person-years at risk for immigrants, by sex, world region of birth and period of immigration, compared with Canadian-born cohort members, non-institutional population aged 25 or older at baseline, Canada, 1991 to 2001
  Men Women
Deaths Mortality rate Deaths Mortality rate
Crude Age-standardized 95% confidence interval Crude Age-standardized 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Canadian-born 120,185 1,122 1,305 1,297 1,312 84,181 752 731 726 736
Immigrants (total) 33,006 1,184 1,006Note * 996 1,018 22,694 819 610Note * 602 618
United States 2,197 1,635 1,112Note * 1,064 1,161 2,249 1,251 699 666 733
Before 1971 1,724 2,357 1,104Note * 1,048 1,163 1,846 1,944 729 687 773
1971 to 1980 353 849 1,110Note * 996 1,237 267 486 636Note * 559 724
1981 to 1991 120 610 953Note * 786 1,156 136 456 739 614 889
Caribbean/Central and South America 936 429 825Note Note * 764 892 766 287 487Note Note * 451 525
Before 1971 378 707 893Note * 791 1,008 311 473 552Note * 488 625
1971 to 1980 352 384 817Note * 716 933 295 263 475Note * 419 538
1981 to 1991 206 282 750Note * 632 890 160 180 409Note * 344 487
Western Europe 18,869 1,405 1,055Note Note * 1,040 1,071 12,957 1,017 642Note Note * 630 653
Before 1971 17,328 1,656 1,070Note * 1,052 1,087 11,778 1,198 649Note * 636 662
1971 to 1980 1,144 550 1,056Note * 989 1,127 814 404 587Note * 545 632
1981 to 1991 397 449 898Note * 811 995 365 408 573Note * 513 639
Eastern Europe 7,445 2,124 1,048Note Note * 1,023 1,075 4,358 1,361 605Note Note * 585 626
Before 1971 6,991 2,887 1,062Note * 1,028 1,097 3,994 1,875 609Note * 582 637
1971 to 1980 262 722 954Note * 837 1,087 216 555 573Note * 499 658
1981 to 1991 192 267 862Note * 719 1,034 148 217 533Note * 447 636
Sub-Saharan Africa 253 373 903Note * 776 1,051 177 298 640 543 755
Before 1971 68 701 825Note * 636 1,071 61 696 677 518 883
1971 to 1980 124 420 990Note * 786 1,247 79 281 636 488 828
1981 to 1991 61 213 992 655 1,503 37 164 600 411 877
North Africa/Middle East/West Asia 577 482 813Note Note * 744 888 305 337 512Note * 456 575
Before 1971 319 958 937Note * 833 1,054 159 593 538Note * 458 632
1971 to 1980 147 479 825Note * 694 979 99 423 579Note * 474 709
1981 to 1991 111 199 556Note * 439 704 47 117 395Note * 274 569
South Asia 631 420 668Note Note * 611 730 360 278 550Note * 490 616
Before 1971 218 699 861Note * 721 1,028 123 559 579Note * 478 701
1971 to 1980 246 414 703Note * 611 810 140 248 603 480 758
1981 to 1991 167 279 509Note * 424 611 97 191 517Note * 401 666
South East Asia 550 348 669Note * 609 735 444 237 439Note Note * 395 488
Before 1971 62 598 606Note * 455 808 78 469 530Note * 409 688
1971 to 1980 257 358 792Note * 661 948 184 250 432Note * 366 508
1981 to 1991 231 304 627Note * 541 726 182 187 419Note * 350 502
East Asia 1,406 631 794Note Note * 751 838 974 408 470Note Note * 441 500
Before 1971 517 1,084 952Note * 864 1,049 366 794 501Note * 449 560
1971 to 1980 484 676 819Note * 747 898 344 442 486Note * 437 542
1981 to 1991 405 391 636Note * 565 715 264 229 402Note * 352 460
support for duration effect
* significantly different from Canadian-born population
Note: Reference population (person-years at risk) for age standardization was taken from age distribution of entire cohort (5-year age groups).
Source: 1991 to 2001 Canadian census mortality follow-up study.
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