Mortality of third generation Irish people living in England and Wales: longitudinal study

We previously reported high mortality and high incidence of cancer in second generation Irish people (children of Irish migrants) living in England and Wales. 1 2 In this study we examine the mortality of third generation Irish people (grandchildren of Irish migrants) living in England and Wales. The longitudinal study by the Office for National Statistics is a record linkage study of a 1% representative sample of the population of England and Wales. The sample was first extracted from the 1971 census and is updated with new births and immigrants. Information from censuses and registrations of vital events is linked to the records of study members.3 First generation Irish classified by country of birth covered those people born in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. For second and third generations, only those people with parents and grandparents born in the Republic of Ireland could be identified because parents born …