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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2015

Disparity in Mortality From Rheumatic Heart Disease in Indigenous Australians.

Samantha M Colquhoun, John R Condon, Andrew C Steer, Shu Q Li, Steven Guthridge, Jonathan R Carapetis

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Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Samantha M ColquhounMenzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia (S.M.C., J.R.C.) Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia (S.M.C., A.C.S.).
John R CondonMenzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia (S.M.C., J.R.C.) Health Gains Planning Branch, Department of Health, Darwin, Australia (J.R.C., S.Q.L., S.G.).
Andrew C SteerCentre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia (S.M.C., A.C.S.).
Shu Q LiHealth Gains Planning Branch, Department of Health, Darwin, Australia (J.R.C., S.Q.L., S.G.).
Steven GuthridgeHealth Gains Planning Branch, Department of Health, Darwin, Australia (J.R.C., S.Q.L., S.G.).
Jonathan R CarapetisTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia (J.R.C.).
Murdoch Children's Research Institute · AUCharles Darwin University · AUGovernment of Western Australia Department of Health · AUUniversity of Western Australia · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRecent estimates of the global burden of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) have highlighted the paucity of reliable RHD mortality data from populations most affected by RHD. METHODS AND

resultsWe investigated RHD mortality rates and trends for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory (NT) for the period 1977-2005 and seminationally (NT plus 4 other states, covering 89% of Indigenous Australians) from 1997 to 2005 using vital statistics data. All analysis was undertaken by Indigenous status, sex, and age at death. In the NT, 90% of all deaths from RHD were among Indigenous persons; however, the Indigenous population makes up only 30.4% of the NT population. The death rate ratio (Indigenous compared with non-Indigenous) was 54.80 in the NT and 12.74 in the other 4 states (estimated at the median age of 50 years). Non-Indigenous death rates were low for all age groups except ≥65 years, indicating RHD deaths in the elderly non-Indigenous population. Death rates decreased at a more rapid rate for non-Indigenous than Indigenous persons in the NT between 1997 and 2005. Indigenous persons in other parts of Australia showed lower death rates than their NT counterparts, but the death rates for Indigenous persons in all states were still much higher than rates for non-Indigenous Australians.

conclusionsIndigenous Australians are much more likely to die from RHD than other Australians. Among the Indigenous population, RHD mortality is much higher in the NT than elsewhere in Australia, exceeding levels reported in many industrialized countries more than a century ago. With the paucity of data from high-prevalence areas, these data contribute substantially to understanding the global burden of RHD mortality.

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AdolescentAdultAgedChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisNorthern TerritoryRheumatic Heart DiseaseAustraliaepidemiologyIndigenous populationmortalityrheumatic heart diseaserisk factors

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PMID26219562
PMCPMC4608059
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