Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6299, USA.
Popul Stud (Camb). 2011 Mar;65(1):91-113. doi: 10.1080/00324728.2010.535554.
We investigated ethnic/religious mortality differentials in Bulgaria during the 1990s. The analyses employed a unique longitudinal data-set covering the entire population of Bulgaria from the census of 1992 until 1998. The mortality of Roma is very high compared to all other ethnic/religious groups. The excess applies to nearly every cause of death examined and is not entirely explained by the adverse location of Roma on social and economic variables. For young men, Muslim mortality is substantially lower than that of non-Muslims when socio-economic differences are controlled. An analysis of causes of death suggests that lower consumption of alcohol may contribute to this 'Muslim paradox'. For older Turkish women, a significant mortality disadvantage remains after controls are imposed. Suicide mortality is lower for Muslims than for Christian groups of the same ethnicity. Consistent with deteriorating economic conditions over the study period, mortality was rising, particularly for women.
我们调查了 20 世纪 90 年代保加利亚的族群/宗教死亡率差异。分析采用了独特的纵向数据集，涵盖了保加利亚 1992 年人口普查至 1998 年的全部人口。罗姆人的死亡率与所有其他族群/宗教群体相比非常高。这种超额死亡率适用于几乎所有检查过的死因，并且不能完全用罗姆人在社会和经济变量上的不利地位来解释。对于年轻男性，在控制社会经济差异后，穆斯林的死亡率明显低于非穆斯林。死因分析表明，较低的酒精摄入量可能导致了这种“穆斯林悖论”。对于年龄较大的土耳其女性，在实施控制后，她们的死亡率仍然存在显著劣势。穆斯林的自杀死亡率低于同一族群的基督教群体。与研究期间经济状况恶化一致，死亡率上升，尤其是女性。
