Disparities in mortality for chronic liver disease among Asian subpopulations in the United States from 2007 to 2016.

ABSTRACT: The Asian American population is characterized by remarkable diversity. Studying Asians as an aggregate group may obscure clinically meaningful heterogeneity. We performed a population-based study using data from the US National Vital Statistics System. We determined the trends in age-standardized mortality rates for chronic liver disease stratified by aetiology among the most populous US-based Asian subgroups (Asian Indians, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese) and compared it to non-Hispanic whites. Annual percentage change was calculated to determine temporal mortality patterns using joinpoint analysis. Hepatitis C virus-related mortality rates were higher in non-Hispanic whites compared to individual Asian subgroups, but a sharp decline in mortality rates was noted in 20

SUBMITTER: Li AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6709979 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature