A population-based study on mortality among Belgian immigrants during the first COVID-19 wave in Belgium : can demographic and socioeconomic indicators explain differential mortality?
Introduction: Belgium has noted a significant excess mortality during the first COVID-19 wave. Research in other countries has shown that people with migrant origin are disproportionally affected. Belgium has an ethnically diverse and increasingly ageing population and is therefore particularly apt to study differential mortality by migrant group during this first wave of COVID-19. Data and methods: We used nationwide individually-linked data from the Belgian National Register providing sociodemographic indicators and mortality; and the administrative census of 2011 providing indicators of soc... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journalarticle |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
Schlagwörter: | Medicine and Health Sciences / Social Sciences / Belgium / Immigrants / COVID-19 / Mortality / Inequalities |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26981700 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8733701 |