Leading causes of death in Asian Indians in the United States (2005-2017).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Asian Indians are among the fastest growing United States (US) ethnic subgroups. We characterized mortality trends for leading causes of death among foreign-born and US-born Asian Indians in the US between 2005-2017.

Study design and setting

Using US standardized death certificate data, we examined leading causes of death in 73,470 Asian Indians and 20,496,189 non-Hispanic whites (NHWs) across age, gender, and nativity. For each cause, we report age-standardized mortality rates (AMR), longitudinal trends, and absolute percent change (APC).

Results

We found that Asian Indians' leading causes of death were heart disease (28% mortality males; 24% females) and cancer (18% males; 22% females). Foreign-born Asian Indians had higher all-cause AMR compared to US-bor

SUBMITTER: Fernandez Perez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9365163 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature