Ethnic differences in stroke mortality between non-Hispanic whites, Hispanic whites, and blacks. The National Longitudinal Mortality Study. | Zendy

George Howard | Zendy; Robert N. Anderson | Zendy; Paul D. Sorlie | Zendy; V. J. Andrews | Zendy; Eric Backlund | Zendy; Gregory L. Burke | Zendy

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Ethnic differences in stroke mortality between non-Hispanic whites, Hispanic whites, and blacks. The National Longitudinal Mortality Study.

Author(s) -

George Howard,

Robert N. Anderson,

Paul D. Sorlie,

V. J. Andrews,

Eric Backlund,

Gregory L. Burke

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/01.str.25.11.2120

Subject(s) - medicine , demography , stroke (engine) , non hispanic whites , ethnic group , population , hazard ratio , gerontology , longitudinal study , epidemiology , mortality rate , confidence interval , mexican americans , environmental health , mechanical engineering , pathology , sociology , anthropology , engineering

Although US blacks are known to have an excess stroke mortality compared with US whites, little is known about the stroke burden of the Hispanic white population. This report will provide estimates of the relative burden of stroke mortality in the US black and Hispanic population relative to the white population and examine the consistency of this relation across age.

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