Immigration, mortality, and national life expectancy in the Nordic region, 1990-2019

Matthew Wallace; Michael J Thomas; José Manuel Aburto; Anna Vera Jørring Pallesen; Laust Hvas Mortensen; Astri Syse; Sven Drefahl

doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101177

Immigration, mortality, and national life expectancy in the Nordic region, 1990-2019

SSM Popul Health. 2022 Jul 31:19:101177. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101177. eCollection 2022 Sep.

Authors

Matthew Wallace¹, Michael J Thomas², José Manuel Aburto^{3

4}, Anna Vera Jørring Pallesen^{5

6}, Laust Hvas Mortensen^{5

6}, Astri Syse⁷, Sven Drefahl¹

Affiliations

¹ Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
² Statistics Norway, Oslo, Norway.
³ University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK.
⁴ University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
⁵ University of Copenhagen, Copehagen, Denmark.
⁶ Statistics Denmark, Copehagen, Denmark.
⁷ Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.

Abstract

•Immigrants have higher life expectancy at age 1 than the native-born in Denmark, Finland and Norway do from 1990 to 2019.•Immigrants in Denmark, Finland and Norway increasingly enhance national life expectancy at age 1 over time.•Immigrants in Sweden have lower life expectancy at age 1 than native-born in Sweden do in 1990, but similar levels by 2019.•The effect of immigrants on national life expectancy at age 1 in Sweden transforms from negative to positive over time.•The unique mortality of immigrants affects rankings of life expectancy at age 1 in the Nordic region in recent years.

Keywords: MMA, Migrant Mortality Advantage; PLE, Period Life Expectancy; US, United States.