title: The epidemiology of ischaemic heart disease in the different ethnic populations in Johannesburg.
abstract: From an examination of death certificates of members of different ethnic populations in Johannesburg who have died of ischaemic heart disease (IHD), age-specific mortality rates have been calculated. The period examined in the case of Whites was 1971; in the case of Indians and Coloureds it was 1968-1971 (because of the smaller sizes of the populations); and in the case of Blacks 1968-1971 (because of the small number dying from IHD). Notable findings included: (i) an extremely high mortality rate among Whites (especially among the Jewish sector, undoubtedly the highest extant); (ii) an equally high or higher rate among Indians, a feature which also prevails in Indian immigrant populations elsewhere; (iii) a lower rate among Coloureds; and (iv) an extremely low rate among Blacks, as is also the case among other Black African populations. Comparative information is provided on IHD in other populations.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000401:mortality*; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013019:South Africa