Mortality in a cohort of remote-living Aboriginal Australians and associated factors.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to describe mortality in a cohort of remote-living Aboriginal Australians using electronic record linkage.

Methods

Between 2004 and 2006, 363 Aboriginal people living in remote Western Australia (WA) completed a questionnaire assessing medical history and behavioural risk factors. We obtained mortality records for the cohort from the WA Data Linkage System and compared them to data for the general population. We used Cox proportional hazards regression to identify predictors of mortality over a 9-year follow-up period.

Results

The leading causes of mortality were diabetes, renal failure, and ischaemic heart disease. Diabetes and renal failure accounted for 28% of all deaths. This differed from both the Australian population as a whole, and the gene

SUBMITTER: Hyde Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5886486 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature