TY - JOUR
T1 - Mortality trends and disparities among racial/ethnic and sex subgroups in New York City, 1990 to 2000
AU - Freeman, Katherine
AU - Zonszein, Joel
AU - Islam, Nadia
AU - Blank, Arthur E.
AU - Strelnick, Alvin H.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments The research was supported by NIH grant 5 P60 MD000514-06, National Center on Minority Health & Health Disparities Comprehensive Center of Excellence in Health Disparities Research, Bronx Center to Reduce and Eliminate Ethnic and Racial Health Disparities. Dr. Islam’s contribution was made possible by NIH grants P60 MD000538 and R24MD001786, National Center on Minority Health & Health Disparities, and CDC grant 1U48DP001904. The authors thank Jing Fang, MD, Epidemiologist, Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, for analyzing the NYCDOH computer tapes and sharing the aggregate data with us for our analysis. The manuscript contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NCMHD/CDC.
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - New York City census data for 1990 and 2000 for all-cause and disease-specific mortality adjusted by age were examined by race/ethnicity. Primary cause of death was coded as HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, diabetes, or cancer. For White, Black, Hispanic and Asian groups, relative mortality ratios (RMR) were derived for 2000 relative to 1990. Ratios of RMR's for minority groups were derived relative to Whites. From 1990 to 2000, HIV, cancer, CVD, CHD, AMI, and stroke-related mortality decreased. Decreases in HIV-related mortality were notably less for minority males. Diabetes mortality rates rose dramatically, with Hispanic and Asian males having notably greater increases than White males. Increases in mortality among Asians exceeded those of other groups, and appear to correspond with increased immigration/acculturation. Mortality shifts among different diseases and racial groups should alert public health officials to consider immigration patterns in designing, implementing, and evaluating interventions to prevent disease-related mortality, with a goal to eliminate disparities
AB - New York City census data for 1990 and 2000 for all-cause and disease-specific mortality adjusted by age were examined by race/ethnicity. Primary cause of death was coded as HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, diabetes, or cancer. For White, Black, Hispanic and Asian groups, relative mortality ratios (RMR) were derived for 2000 relative to 1990. Ratios of RMR's for minority groups were derived relative to Whites. From 1990 to 2000, HIV, cancer, CVD, CHD, AMI, and stroke-related mortality decreased. Decreases in HIV-related mortality were notably less for minority males. Diabetes mortality rates rose dramatically, with Hispanic and Asian males having notably greater increases than White males. Increases in mortality among Asians exceeded those of other groups, and appear to correspond with increased immigration/acculturation. Mortality shifts among different diseases and racial groups should alert public health officials to consider immigration patterns in designing, implementing, and evaluating interventions to prevent disease-related mortality, with a goal to eliminate disparities
KW - Disparities
KW - Immigration
KW - Mortality
KW - Mortality ratio
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U2 - 10.1007/s10903-010-9345-5
DO - 10.1007/s10903-010-9345-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 20411331
AN - SCOPUS:79957471889
SN - 1557-1912
VL - 13
SP - 546
EP - 554
JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
IS - 3
ER -
