Cardiovascular disease mortality in Asian Americans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Asian Americans are a rapidly growing racial/ethnic group in the United States. Our current understanding of Asian-American cardiovascular disease mortality patterns is distorted by the aggregation of distinct subgroups.

Objectives

The purpose of the study was to examine heart disease and stroke mortality rates in Asian-American subgroups to determine racial/ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease mortality within the United States.

Methods

We examined heart disease and stroke mortality rates for the 6 largest Asian-American subgroups (Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese) from 2003 to 2010. U.S. death records were used to identify race/ethnicity and cause of death by International Classification of Diseases-10th revision c

SUBMITTER: Jose PO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4274749 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature