Global patterns of mortality in international migrants: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 392; no. 10164; pp. 2553 - 2566
• Main Authors: Aldridge, Robert W, Nellums, Laura B, Bartlett, Sean, Barr, Anna Louise, Patel, Parth, Burns, Rachel, Hargreaves, Sally, Miranda, J Jaime, Tollman, Stephen, Friedland, Jon S, Abubakar, Ibrahim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 15.12.2018; Elsevier Limited; Elsevier
• Subjects: Age; Birth; Cause of Death; Clinical microbiology; Clinical trials; Data processing; Dependence; Developed Countries - economics; Developing Countries - economics; Diabetes mellitus; Estimates; Evidence-based medicine; Female; Funding; Global Health; Health care access; Health policy; Health Services Accessibility; Heart; Heterogeneity; Humans; Income; Infectious diseases; International migration; Literature reviews; Low income areas; Lung cancer; Male; Medical research; Mental disorders; Mental health; Meta-analysis; Microbiology; Migrants; Migration; Mortality; Observational studies; Perinatal exposure; Population studies; Populations; Prospero protein; Refugees; Scientific papers; Search engines; Systematic review; Transients and Migrants - statistics & numerical data; Travellers; South America; Central America; England; Scotland; North America; Oceania; Russia; Latin America; Middle East; Sweden; Netherlands; Pakistan; Ireland; China; Hong Kong China; Northeast Asia; United Kingdom > UK; Europe; Africa; India; Canada; Bangladesh; Asia; Israel; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics > USSR; Germany

258 million people reside outside their country of birth; however, to date no global systematic reviews or meta-analyses of mortality data for these international migrants have been done. We aimed to review and synthesise available mortality data on international migrants. In this systematic review...