Mortality among immigrants in Italy – differences between native Italians and legal immigrants and within immigrant ethnic groupings

Abstract

Background Italy is facing increased immigration, but no research on immigrant mortality was yet conducted. Methods Unlinked cross-sectional study of data on immigrants and Italians resident in Italy in 2007 (Italian National Institute for Statistics, ISTAT). Aims 1. Identify differences in mortality between immigrants and Italians; 2. Identify differences in mortality across different immigrant ethnic groups based on human development index of the country of origin (HDI); 3. Identify differences in immigrant mortality across the twenty Italian regions. Statistical analysis used …