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

Wallace, Matthew; Thomas, Michael J; Aburto, José Manuel; Jørring Pallesen, Anna Vera; Mortensen, Laust Hvas; Syse, Astri; Drefahl, Sven; (2022) Immigration, mortality, and national life expectancy in the Nordic region, 1990-2019. SSM - Population Health, 19. 101177-. ISSN 2352-8273 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101177

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.

Additional Information

Item Type	Article
Faculty and Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Population Health (2012- )
PubMed ID	36046066
Elements ID	183271
Official URL	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101177