Variations in mortality of the coloured white and Asian population groups in the RSA, 1978-1982. Part III. Rheumatic heart disease.
An analysis was undertaken of mortality from rheumatic heart disease in the RSA between 1978 and 1982 in whites, coloureds and Asians. This article details the age-specific mortality rates (MRs) for each group and also comparisons between groups based on age-standardised MRs. The rates for Asians and coloureds markedly exceed those for whites, particularly in the lower age groups (under 45 years).
Whittaker
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S
Department of Community Health, University of Cape Town.
Whittaker
J
J
Epstein
L
L
Disler
P B
PB
Rip
M R
MR
Derry
C W
CW
Taylor
S P
SP
Sayed
A R
AR
Bourne
D E
DE
Klopper
J M
JM
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000401:mortality*; D013019:South Africa; D044465:White People