Mortality among over 6 million internal and international migrants in Brazil: a study using the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To understand if migrants living in poverty in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) have mortality advantages over the non-migrant population, we investigated mortality risk patterns among internal and international migrants in Brazil over their life course.

Methods

We linked socio-economic and mortality data from 1st January 2011 to 31st December 2018 in the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort and calculated all-cause and cause-specific age-standardised mortality rates according to individuals' migration status for men and women. Using Cox regression models, we estimated the age- and sex-adjusted mortality hazard ratios (HR) for internal migrants (i.e., Brazilian-born individuals living in a different Brazilian state than their birth) compared to Brazilian-born non-m

SUBMITTER: Pescarini JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9986634 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature