Migrant Mortality, Healthy Migrant Effect

Table 1 Mortality risk of migrants relative to the population of the host country

Origin	Host country	Data source	Measure	Relative Risk	Reference
				Men	Women
China	Canada	Canadian Mortality Database	RR	0,55	0,63	(Sheth et al. 1999)
Mexico	USA	National Longitudinal Mortality Study	HR	0,57	0,60	(Abraido-Lanza et al. 1999)
Vietnam	England	National Health Service Register	SMR	0,64	0,56	(Swerdlow 1991)
Former USSR^§	Germany	Population and Cause of Death Statistics	SMR	0,89	0,81	(Ronellenfitsch et al. 2006)
Mainly Latin America, Asia	USA	National Mortality Data	RR	0,77	0,84	(Singh & Hiatt 2006)

* Former “Guestworker” from Mediterranean countries (Turkey, Yugoslavia, Italy, Spain, Portugal); men and women combined
^§ “Aussiedler” (return migrants of German origin). RR: Relative Risk; HR: Hazard Ratio; SMR: Standardized Mortality Ratio