County Differences in Mortality among Foreign-Born Compared to Native Swedes 1970–1999

Table 2

Population in relation to sex and latest County Council of residence.

County council	Proportion of foreign-born of total population 1970	Men foreign-born		Swedish-born			Women foreign-born		Swedish-born
	%	n	%	n	%	P-value	n	%	n	%	P-value
Stockholm	10.5	50 683	45.5	45 955	45.1	0.218	60 677	54.5	55 986	54.9	0.278
Uppsala	6.1	4 016	46.5	4 178	46.3	0.512	4 614	53.5	4 849	53.7	0.278
Södermanland	9.5	7 100	49.1	7 271	49.6	0.658	7 350	50.9	7 394	50.4	0.663
Östergötland	5.0	5 444	47.8	6 048	47.9	0.913	5 942	52.2	6 570	52.1	0.918
Jönköping	5.1	4 180	46.9	4 593	47.1	0.868	4 728	53.1	5 153	52.9	0.878
Kronoberg	5.0	2 117	48.6	2 626	49.8	0.504	2 238	51.4	2 649	50.2	0.513
Kalmar	3.4	2 352	48.5	2 915	47.9	0.746	2 502	51.5	3 167	52.1	0.758
Gotland	2.5	441	38.1	561	38.8	0.811	717	61.9	886	61.2	0.861
Blekinge	5.1	1 957	49.0	2 329	49.7	0.701	2 035	51.0	2 354	50.3	0.706
Kristianstad	3.8	3 543	46.3	3 832	46.1	0.876	4 112	53.7	4 484	53.9	0.888
Malmöhus	7.3	17 990	48.8	17 002	48.6	0.778	18 893	51.2	17 984	51.4	0.785
Halland	4.7	3 583	46.8	3 887	47.3	0.685	4 079	53.2	4 331	52.7	0.708
Göteborg och Bohus	8.4	19 041	50.5	18 097	50.0	0.439	18 664	49.5	18 093	50.0	0.436
Älvsborg	7.8	8 761	44.7	9 121	44.9	0.868	10 827	55.3	11 180	55.1	0.757
Skaraborg	3.9	2 966	46.2	3 339	46.3	0.945	3 452	53.8	3 871	53.7	0.950
Värmland	4.6	4 365	43.5	4 782	44.5	0.338	5 681	56.5	5 962	55.5	0.415
Örebro	6.2	5 148	48.7	5 568	48.8	0.923	5 418	51.3	5 834	51.2	0.925
Västmanland	11.6	8 931	50.1	8 653	50.6	0.602	8 900	49.9	8 457	49.4	0.599
Dalarna	4.8	4 805	48.4	5 535	48.3	0.978	5 126	51.6	5 913	51.7	0.977
Gävleborg	3.7	3 468	49.0	4 027	48.9	0.976	3 611	51.0	4 200	51.1	0.977
Västernorrland	2.5	2 365	44.1	2 675	44.9	0.601	2 996	55.9	3 282	55.1	0.651
Jämtland	2.3	973	39.2	1 344	42.7	0.088	1 511	60.8	1 807	57.3	0.180
Västerbotten	1.9	1 323	35.7	1 622	37.9	0.163	2 383	64.3	2 655	62.1	0.329
Norrbotten	4.5	3 150	31.6	2 742	30.6	0.292	6 816	68.4	6 211	69.4	0.532
Total		168 702		168 702			193 272		193 272