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Is there evidence of increased mortality rates for minority and migrant groups?

Code:
RED88
Key Area:
Health And Social Protection
Strand(s):
Discrimination
15/12/2011 - 14:06
Short Answer

The life expectancy of persons with foreign origin is higher but also the rate of stillborn children and infant mortality.

Qualitative Info

The life expectancy of persons with migration background ist higher than of Austrian citizens who were born in Austria. In 2010, the life expectancy at birth of Austrian woman was 83.1 years and of women with migration background 83.2 years. Men of Austrian origin had a life expectancy at birth of 77.6 years in 2010, whereas those of men with migration background was 78.4 years. However, there are differences in life expectancy concerning the country of origin: The life expectancy of persons from the former Yugoslavia hardly differs from that of Austrian origin. The life expectancy of Turkish men is with 78.0 years only slightly above the Austrian average. But the life expectance of Turkish women is considerably higher (84.5 years) than that of Austrian women. Persons from other countries than the EU, EEA, Switzerland, Turkey or the former Yugoslavia have a significantly higher life expectancy than persons from Austria (men 80.2 years and women 85.9 years).

In 2010, the rate of stillborn children of mothers with migration background was 4.3 per thousand and infant mortality of the same group (infants who decease during the first year) was 5.0 per thousand. Mothers from Turkey have the highest rate of infant mortility (8.5 per thousand) and giving birth to a stillborn child (6.9 per thousand), followed mothers from the EU, EEA or Switzerland (3.3 per thousand stillborn children, 4.4 per thousand infant mortility rate), former Yugoslavia without Slovenia (3.4 per thousand stillborn children, 4.4 per thousand infant mortility rate) and other countries (4.8 per thousand stillborn children, 3.9 per thousand infant mortility rate).


Source: http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_Service/STS/Web_Jahrbuch_72dpi.pdf

 

Data
Groups affected/interested Migrants, Refugees, Asylum seekers
Type (R/D) Anti-migrant/xenophobia
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Health and social protection
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13/11/2012 - 15:48
Short Answer

The life expectancy of persons with foreign origin is higher but also the rate of stillborn children and infant mortality.

Qualitative Info

The life expectancy of persons with migration background ist higher than of Austrian citizens who were born in Austria. In 2011, the life expectancy at birth of Austrian woman was 83.4 years (in 2010: 83.1 years) and of women with migration background 83.3 years (in 2010: 83.2 years). Men of Austrian origin had a life expectancy at birth of 78.0 years in 2011 (77.6 years in 2010), whereas those of men with migration background was 78.9 years (in 2010: 78.4 years). However, there are differences in life expectancy concerning the country of origin: The life expectancy of persons from the former Yugoslavia hardly differs from that of Austrian origin. The life expectancy of Turkish men is with 79.4 years (in 2010: 78.0 years) slightly above the Austrian average. Also the life expectance of Turkish women is higher (85.6 years, in 2010: 84.5 years) than that of Austrian women. Persons from other countries than the EU, EEA, Switzerland, Turkey or the former Yugoslavia also have a higher life expectancy than persons from Austria (men 81.5 years, women 86.4 years, in 2010: men 80.2 years and women 85.9 years).

In 2011, the rate of stillborn children of mothers with migration background was 4.4 per thousand and infant mortality of the same group (infants who decease during the first year) was 4.9 per thousand. Mothers from Turkey have the highest rate of giving birth to a stillborn child (8.3 per thousand), followed mothers from the EU, EEA or Switzerland (3.4 per thousand stillborn children, 4.2 per thousand infant mortility rate), former Yugoslavia without Slovenia (3.5 per thousand stillborn children, 5.0 per thousand infant mortility rate) and other countries (5.9 per thousand stillborn children, 3.1 per thousand infant mortility rate).


Source:

  1. Statistik Austria, 2011, migration & integration, zahlen.daten.indikatoren 2011, http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_Service/STS/Web_Jahrbuch_72dpi.pdf, Accessed on 07.11.2012.
  2. Statistik Austria, 2012, migration & integration, zahlen.daten.indikatoren 2012, http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_Service/Integration_2012/migration_integration_2012_72dpi.pdf, Accessed on 07.11.2012.

 

Data
Groups affected/interested Migrants, Refugees, Asylum seekers
Type (R/D) Anti-migrant/xenophobia
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Health and social protection
External Url
Situation(s)
Library