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CVD mortality appears to differ in Asian-American subgroups and has not declined in those groups as fast as it has for non-Hispanic white Americans, according to a study of death records.
Photo illustration of a man clutching his right arm and chest along with a heart and heartbeat readings, signaling a heart attack. (MCT via Getty Images)
The data suggest that “the messages on prevention and management of CVD are not effectively reaching this population,” the researchers wrote. “The lack of national mortality statistics for CVD among Asian Americans has made it difficult to recommend research agendas, to create public health policy, and to offer appropriate clinical guidelines.”
Powell O. Jose, MD, and colleagues examined CVD and stroke mortality rates from 2003 to 2010 in the six largest Asian-American subgroups: Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese.
Using death record data for 10,442,034 people, as well as US Census Bureau data, the researchers calculated standardized mortality ratios, relative standardized mortality ratios and proportional mortality rates for each sex and ethnic group compared with non-Hispanic whites.
Jose, from Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif., and colleagues found that total deaths and mean mortality rates from CVD and all CVD types were higher in non-Hispanic white men and women compared with men and women of all Asian-American subgroups.
However, proportionate mortality ratios for ischemic heart disease were higher in Asian-Indian men (1.43) and Filipino men (1.15) compared with non-Hispanic white men (1.08), and in Asian-Indian women (1.12) compared with non-Hispanic white women (0.92).
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