Characteristics of the Aussiedler Mortality cohorts including descriptive statistics
| Inclusion criteria | North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) | Saarland | Augsburg | Münster | Total |
| First residence (study area) | Federal state NRW | Federal state Saarland | Region of Augsburg (Bavaria) | Administrative district Münster (NRW) | |
| Age at immigration | >15 years | No restriction | No restriction | No restriction | |
| Immigration period | 1990–2001 | 1990–2005 | 1990–1999 | 1990–2001 | 1990–2005 |
| Main outcomes | Germany-wide cause-specific mortality | Germany-wide cause-specific mortality; Saarland-wide cancer incidence | Germany-wide cause-specific mortality; Augsburg-wide myocardial infarction incidence | Münster-wide cancer incidence | |
| Cooperating partners | – | Saarland Cancer Registry | KORA study platform | NRW Cancer Registry | |
| Participants | 34 393 | 18 619 | 6378 | 32 972 | 92 362 |
| Men | 16 734 (48.7%) | 8979 (48.2%) | 3031 (47.5%) | 16 033 (48.6%) | 44 777 (48.5%) |
| Women | 17 659 (51.3%) | 9640 (51.8%) | 3347 (52.5%) | 16 939 (51.4%) | 47 585 (51.5%) |
| Year of immigration | |||||
| 1990–1992 | 10 537 (30.6%) | 5168 (27.8%) | 1662 (26.1%) | 9363 (28.4%) | 26 730 (28.9%) |
| 1993–1995 | 11 211 (32.6%) | 5227 (28.1%) | 2199 (34.5%) | 9863 (29.9%) | 28 500 (30.9%) |
| 1996–1998 | 6433 (18.7%) | 3930 (21.1%) | 1793 (28.1%) | 8344 (25.3%) | 20 500 (22.2%) |
| 1999+ | 6212 (18.1%) | 4294 (23.1%) | 724 (11.4%) | 5402 (16.4%) | 16 632 (18.0%) |
| Age at immigration | |||||
| <18 | 2151 (6.3%) | 5207 (28.0%) | 2178 (34.1%) | 11 598 (35.2%) | 21 134 (22.9%) |
| 18–34 | 12 668 (36.8%) | 5325 (28.6%) | 1611 (25.3%) | 9217 (28.0%) | 28 821 (31.2%) |
| 35–64 | 15 820 (46.0%) | 6617 (35.5%) | 2118 (33.2%) | 10 579 (32.1%) | 35 134 (38.0%) |
| 65+ | 3754 (10.9%) | 1470 (7.9%) | 471 (7.4%) | 1578 (4.8%) | 7273 (7.9%) |