| Literature DB >> 7377419 |
J M Samet, C R Key, D M Kutvirt, C L Wiggins.
Abstract
To determine the effect of ethnic group on respiratory disease occurrence, average annual sex, ethnic, and disease specific mortality rates for the period of 1969 to 1977 were calculated for New Mexico's American Indian, Hispanic, and Anglo populations. Incidence data were available for respiratory tract cancer. This study corroborates previous findings of reduced mortality from lung cancer in American Indians of both sexes and in Hispanic males. American Indian mortality from tuberculosis and from influenza and pneumonia was high. Hispanic males and American Indians of both sexes showed low mortality rates for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Differing cigarette usage is the most obvious explanation for the variations in COPD and lung cancer occurrence with ethnic group.Entities:
Keywords: Age Factors; Americas; Behavior; Biology; Cancer; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Diseases; Error Sources; Ethnic Groups; Hispanics; Indians, North American; Infections; Latin America; Mortality; Neoplasms; New Mexico; North America; Northern America; Physiology; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Pulmonary Effects; Sex Factors; Smoking; Tuberculosis; United States
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Year: 1980 PMID： 7377419 PMCID： PMC1619430 DOI： 10.2105/ajph.70.5.492
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Public Health ISSN： 0090-0036 Impact factor: 9.308