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Respiratory disease mortality in New Mexico's American Indians and Hispanics

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  • Samet, J.M.
  • Key, C.R.
  • Kutvirt, D.M.
  • Wiggins, C.L.

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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.

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  • Samet, J.M. & Key, C.R. & Kutvirt, D.M. & Wiggins, C.L., 1980. "Respiratory disease mortality in New Mexico's American Indians and Hispanics," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 70(5), pages 492-497.
  • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.70.5.492_4
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.70.5.492
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