Open AccessMortality from infectious diseases among New Mexico's American Indians, Hispanic whites, and other whites, 1958-87.
Author(s) -
Thomas M. Becker,
Charles L. Wiggins,
Charles W. Peek,
Charles R. Key,
Jonathan M. Samet
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.80.3.320
Subject(s) - ethnic group , medicine , demography , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , white (mutation) , mortality rate , non hispanic whites , gerontology , mexican americans , biology , biochemistry , sociology , anthropology , gene
To examine ethnic differences in infectious disease-related mortality in New Mexico's American Indian, Hispanic White and other White populations, we analyzed vital records data from 1958 to 1987. We found that for most infectious causes, American Indians had the highest mortality rates, followed by Hispanics. The state's minority populations remain at increased risk for infectious disease mortality.