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Table 2 Person-wave observations according to health at baseline and follow-up by sex and migrant origin (2004–2015)

From: Differences in the health transition patterns of migrants and non-migrants aged 50 and older in southern and western Europe (2004–2015)

Males

Non-migrants

Western migrants

Non-western migrants

N

%

N

%

N

%

TOTAL: good healtha (baseline)

37,241

69.8

2183*

66.8*

1013

68.4

 Stable good health

23,541

63.2

1287*

59.0*

553*

54.6*

 Health deterioration

4933

13.2

299

13.7

129

12.7

 Good health to death/loss to follow-up

8767

23.5

597*

27.3*

331*

32.7*

TOTAL: poor health (baseline)

16,112

30.2

1084*

33.2*

469

31.6

 Stable poor health

7573

47.0

466*

43.0*

167*

35.6*

 Health improvement

3288

20.4

190

17.5

92

19.6

 Poor health to death/loss to follow-up

5251

32.6

428*

39.5*

210*

44.8*

TOTAL: non-depressed (baseline)

43,159

82.8

2599

81.3

1050*

75.3*

 Stable non-depressed

28,302

65.6

1582*

60.9*

583*

55.5*

 Health deterioration

3576

8.3

221

8.5

83

7.9

 Non-depressed to death/loss to follow-up

11,281

26.1

796*

30.6*

384*

36.6*

TOTAL: depressed (baseline)

8941

17.2

598

18.7

344*

24.7*

 Stable depressed

2946

32.9

164*

27.4*

101

29.4

 Health improvement

3014

33.7

203

33.9

99

28.8

 Depressed to death/loss to follow-up

2981

33.3

231*

38.6*

144*

41.9*

TOTAL: non-diabetic (baseline)

46,858

87.9

2850

87.3

1230*

83.2*

 Stable non-diabetic

33,123

70.7

1869*

65.6*

739*

60.1*

 Health deterioration

1545

3.3

83

2.9

51

4.1

 Non-diabetic to death/loss to follow-up

12,190

26.0

898*

31.5*

440*

35.8*

TOTAL: diabetic (baseline)

6461

12.1

413

12.7

248*

16.8*

Females

Non-migrants

Western migrants

Non-western migrants

N

%

N

%

N

%

TOTAL: good healtha (baseline)

41,424

65.6

2682*

61.4*

928

62.7

 Stable good health

25,887

62.5

1600*

59.7*

514*

55.4*

 Health deterioration

6016

14.5

383

14.3

123

13.3

 Good health to death/loss to follow-up

9521

23.0

699*

26.1*

291*

31.4*

TOTAL: poor health (baseline)

21,760

34.4

1688*

38.6*

552

37.3

 Stable poor health

11,338

52.1

863

51.1

242*

43.8*

 Health improvement

4293

19.7

264*

15.6*

90

16.3

 Poor health to death/loss to follow-up

6129

28.2

561*

33.2*

220*

39.9*

TOTAL: non-depressed (baseline)

42,621

68.9

2794*

65.6*

830*

59.1*

 Stable non-depressed

25,932

60.8

1589*

56.9*

441*

53.1*

 Health deterioration

6057

14.2

389

13.9

111

13.4

 Non-depressed to death/loss to follow-up

10,632

24.9

816*

29.2*

278*

33.5*

TOTAL: depressed (baseline)

19,194

31.1

1463*

34.4*

574*

40.9*

 Stable depressed

8129

42.4

609

41.6

236

41.1

 Health improvement

5712

29.8

401

27.4

119*

20.7*

 Depressed to death/loss to follow-up

5353

27.9

453*

31.0*

219*

38.2*

TOTAL: non-diabetic (baseline)

56,917

90.2

3923

89.8

1294*

87.5*

 Stable non-diabetic

41,465

72.9

2717*

69.3*

820*

63.4*

 Health deterioration

1460

2.6

100

2.5

40

3.1

 Non-diabetic to death/loss to follow-up

13,992

24.6

1106*

28.2*

434*

33.5*

TOTAL: diabetic (baseline)

6218

9.8

445

10.2

185*

12.5*

  1. Source: Own calculations based on data from respondents aged 50 and older in 10 southern and western European countries in SHARE (2004–2015)
  2. *Proportion statistically significantly different from that of non-migrants (p < 0.05)
  3. aThe category “good” self-rated health consists of the original categories “excellent”, “very good” and “good”. Additional analyses revealed that the proportions of transitions within these three original states did not differ between older migrants and non-migrants