Differences in survival and cause-specific mortality in a culturally diverse Greek population, 1999-2008

摘要: Background Modern urban populations exhibit considerable internal heterogeneity. Several social groups, such as ethnic minorities or immigrants, constitute individual clusters with different demographic and epidemiological characteristics. Methods Death records were collected from the Municipality Registry between 1999 2008. Kaplan‐Meier survival analysis was conducted for (i) natively born Greeks, (ii) former USSR-repatriated Greeks (iii) Roma. Furtherevaluation by log-rank (Mantel‐Cox) test. Relative mortality rates assessed means of cross-tabulation (Pearson’s x 2 ). Results Statistically significant differences in median observed among three groups (P , 0.001). The relative infectious diseases higher Roma population compared odds ratio (OR) ¼ 8.31 [confidence interval (CI) 95% 3.19‐21.61]. More than 70% these deaths attributed to respiratory tract infections associated children under age 5. Excess due external causes, injuries substance abuse repatriated males their counterparts, OR 2.27 (CI 1.35‐3.81).