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

Table 4

(a) Deceased men in relation to latest county council of residence, (b) Deceased women in relation to latest to county council of residence.

(a)  

County council	Foreign-born men		Swedish-born men
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑃-value	% difference
Gotland	219	49.7	215	38.3	0.000	11.4
Blekinge	697	35.6	620	26.6	0.000	9.0
Jämtland	402	41.3	449	33.4	0.000	7.9
Jönköping	1 366	32.7	1 155	25.1	0.000	7.6
Västernorrland	809	34.2	723	27.0	0.000	7.2
Kronoberg	700	33.1	686	26.1	0.000	7.0
Älvsborg	3 060	34.9	2 542	27.9	0.000	7.0
Örebro	1 776	34.5	1 553	27.9	0.000	6.6
Östergötland	1 821	33.4	1 632	27.0	0.000	6.4
Kalmar	830	35.3	841	28.9	0.000	6.4
Stockholm	18 214	39.9	15 613	34.0	0.000	5.9
Värmland	1 976	45.3	1 899	39.7	0.000	5.6
Södermanland	2 482	35.0	2 142	29.5	0.000	5.5
Kristianstad	1 214	34.3	1 105	28.8	0.000	5.5
Skaraborg	891	30.0	829	24.8	0.000	5.2
Dalarna	1 668	34.7	1 634	29.5	0.000	5.2
Halland	1 077	30.1	981	25.2	0.000	4.9
Gävleborg	1 149	33.1	1 134	28.2	0.000	4.9
Göteborg och Bohus	6 816	35.8	5 610	31.0	0.000	4.8
Västerbotten	392	29.6	422	26.0	0.029	3.6
Malmöhus	6 311	35.1	5 354	31.5	0.000	3.6
Västmanland	2 737	30.6	2 343	27.1	0.000	3.5
Uppsala	1 117	27.8	1 026	24.6	0.001	3.2
Norrbotten	1096	34.8	883	32.2	0.036	2.6
Total	58 820		51 391

(b)  

County council	Foreign-born women		Swedish-born women
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑃-value	% difference
Kalmar	770	30.8	807	25.5	0.000	5.3
Blekinge	640	31.4	617	26.2	0.000	5.2
Kronoberg	617	27.6	604	22.8	0.000	4.8
Gotland	282	39.3	301	34.0	0.027	4.7
Kristianstad	1 239	30.1	1 155	25.8	0.000	4.3
Jönköping	1 220	25.8	1 152	22.4	0.000	3.4
Älvsborg	3 009	27.8	2 768	24.8	0.000	3.0
Gävleborg	982	27.2	1 015	24.2	0.002	3.0
Östergötland	1 647	27.7	1 632	24.8	0.000	2.9
Malmöhus	5 791	30.7	5 014	27.9	0.000	2.8
Halland	1 028	25.2	977	22.6	0.004	2.6
Västerbotten	669	28.1	681	25.6	0.052	2.5
Örebro	1 483	27.4	1 466	25.1	0.007	2.3
Dalarna	1 397	27.3	1 478	25.0	0.007	2.3
Göteborg och Bohus	5 723	30.7	5 200	28.7	0.000	2.0
Uppsala	1 099	23.8	1 057	21.8	0.019	2.0
Västernorrland	905	30.2	925	28.2	0.078	2.0
Värmland	2 046	36.0	2 040	34.2	0.042	1.8
Södermanland	1 954	26.6	1 846	25.0	0.025	1.6
Skaraborg	843	24.4	887	22.9	0.130	1.5
Norrbotten	2 235	32.8	2 090	33.6	0.298	0.8
Stockholm	19 140	31.5	17 289	30.9	0.015	0.6
Västmanland	2 065	23.2	1 927	22.8	0.515	0.4
Jämtland	459	30.4	546	30.2	0.920	0.2
Total	57 243		53 474