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Immigration, mortality, and national life expectancy in the Nordic region, 1990–2019

Year: 2022

Type: article

Study design: Observational Study

Abstract: •Immigrants have higher life expectancy at age 1 than the native-born in Denmark, Finland and Norway do from 1990 to 2019.•Immigrants in Denmark, Finland and Norway increasingly enhance national life expectancy at age 1 over time.•Immigrants in Sweden have lower life expectancy at age 1 than native-born in Sweden do in 1990, but similar levels by 2019.•The effect of immigrants on national life expectancy at age 1 in Sweden transforms from negative to positive over time.•The unique mortality of immigrants affects rankings of life expectancy at age 1 in the Nordic region in recent years.

Source: SSM - Population Health

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101177

Authors: Matthew Wallace, Michael J. Thomas, José Manuel Aburto, Anna Vera Jørring Pallesen, Laust Hvas Mortensen, Astri Syse, Sven Drefahl

Institutions: Stockholm University, Statistics Norway, University of Southern Denmark, University of Oxford, University of Copenhagen, Statistics Denmark, Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Language: English

Topic: Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,030

Funders: Novo Nordisk, Vetenskapsrådet, Norges Forskningsråd, Forskningsrådet om Hälsa, Arbetsliv och Välfärd, Novo Nordisk Fonden

Awards: G1057505808, G1221365692, G1386593725, G143460415, G2040478069, Ageing well - individuals, families and households under changing demographic regimes in Sweden, G5437046120, Migrant mortality advantage lost? Emerging lifespan inequalities among migrants and their descendants in Sweden, G7482161146, Migrant Trajectories: Geographical Mobility, Family Careers, Employment, Education, and Social Insurance in Sweden, 1990-2016, G8316514081

OpenAlex ID: W4288926679

FWCI: 5.423

Cites: 45

Cited by: 16

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