Table 2
Deaths and crude and age-standardized mortality rates per 100,000 person-years at risk for immigrants, by sex and world region of birth, compared with Canadian-born cohort members, non-institutional population aged 25 or older at baseline, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, 1991 to 2001

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Table 2 Deaths and crude and age-standardized mortality rates per 100,000 person-years at risk for immigrants, by sex and world region of birth, compared with Canadian-born cohort members, non-institutional population aged 25 or older at baseline, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, 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  
Toronto 9,072 1,014 1,280 1,253 1,308 7,616 771 775 757 792
Montreal 13,678 1,151 1,393 1,369 1,417 10,315 771 680 667 694
Vancouver 5,168 1,103 1,233 1,199 1,268 4,009 792 731 708 754
Immigrants (total)  
Toronto 8,383 940 974Note * 953 996 5,650 617 589Note * 574 605
Montreal 3,338 1,006 929Note * 897 962 1,872 589 463Note * 442 485
Vancouver 3,151 1,069 982Note * 948 1,017 2,450 806 613Note * 588 639
United States  
Toronto 199 1,087 1,129 978 1,304 198 821 671 579 778
Montreal 144 1,871 1,262 1,050 1,517 134 1,355 617 501 760
Vancouver 157 1,342 1,109 944 1,302 195 1,303 719 603 858
Caribbean/Central and South America  
Toronto 468 443 869Note * 770 980 412 305 546Note * 487 613
Montreal 182 445 842Note * 712 996 140 267 386Note * 324 460
Vancouver 28 318 611Note * 404 925 28 268 396Note * 260 602
Western Europe  
Toronto 4,645 1,191 1,062Note * 1,031 1,095 3,133 822 633Note * 610 656
Montreal 1,684 1,101 958Note * 910 1,008 882 644 476Note * 444 509
Vancouver 1,755 1,592 1,080Note * 1,029 1,134 1,394 1,294 676Note * 638 716
Eastern Europe  
Toronto 1,939 1,763 1,014Note * 967 1,063 1,139 1,059 587Note * 552 625
Montreal 819 2,532 934Note * 863 1,010 441 1,364 458Note * 409 513
Vancouver 398 1,605 1,016Note * 916 1,126 265 1,246 629Note * 552 716
Sub-Saharan Africa  
Toronto 79 285 881Note * 620 1,254 63 249 674 425 1,069
Montreal 15 F F F F 7 F F F F
Vancouver 51 558 1,135 807 1,596 33 377 810 480 1,366
North Africa/Middle East/West Asia  
Toronto 116 368 698Note * 567 860 70 285 586Note * 450 762
Montreal 318 636 872Note * 777 978 146 368 447Note * 379 527
Vancouver 14 249 364Note * 209 635 8 F F F F
South Asia  
Toronto 252 390 784Note * 641 958 150 274 626 500 783
Montreal 32 288 422Note * 279 637 17 206 455 273 759
Vancouver 117 467 752Note * 574 986 62 265 523Note * 393 695
South East Asia  
Toronto 166 318 593Note * 500 705 141 219 432Note * 355 526
Montreal 73 380 765Note * 577 1,016 59 266 475Note * 356 634
Vancouver 98 423 701Note * 568 865 74 255 470Note * 365 605
East Asia  
Toronto 506 569 775Note * 707 850 334 350 459Note * 412 512
Montreal 62 583 756Note * 525 1,088 40 362 363Note * 265 498
Vancouver 477 720 829Note * 756 909 358 483 499Note * 449 554
* significantly different from Canadian-born population
F too unreliable to be published
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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