Racial/ethnic disparities in mortality by stroke subtype in the United States, 1995-1998.

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dc.contributor.authorAyala, C
dc.contributor.authorGreenlund, K J
dc.contributor.authorCroft, J B
dc.contributor.authorKeenan, N L
dc.contributor.authorDonehoo, R S
dc.contributor.authorGiles, W H
dc.contributor.authorKittner, S J
dc.contributor.authorMarks, J S
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:03:29Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:03:29Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.description.abstractHealthy People 2010 objectives for improving health include a goal to eliminate racial disparities in stroke mortality. Age-specific death rates by stroke subtype are not well documented among racial/ethnic minority populations in the United States. This report examines mortality rates by race/ethnicity for three stroke subtypes during 1995-1998. National Vital Statistics' death certificate data were used to calculate death rates for ischemic stroke (n = 507,256), intracerebral hemorrhage (n = 97,709), and subarachnoid hemorrhage (n = 27,334) among Hispanics, Blacks, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asians/Pacific Islanders, and Whites by age and sex. Comparisons with Whites as the referent were made using age-standardized risk ratios and age-specific risk ratios. Age-standardized mortality rates for the three stroke subtypes were higher among Blacks than Whites. Death rates from intracerebral hemorrhage were also higher among Asians/Pacific Islanders than Whites. All minority populations had higher death rates from subarachnoid hemorrhage than did Whites. Among adults aged 25-44 years, Blacks and American Indians/Alaska Natives had higher risk ratios than did Whites for all three stroke subtypes. Increased public health attention is needed to reduce incidence and mortality for stroke, the third leading cause of death. Particular attention should be given to increasing awareness of stroke symptoms among young minority groups.
dc.description.urihttp://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/154/11/1057.short
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/2ual-ecsv
dc.identifier.citationAyala, C and Greenlund, K J and Croft, J B and Keenan, N L and Donehoo, R S and Giles, W H and Kittner, S J and Marks, J S (2001) Racial/ethnic disparities in mortality by stroke subtype in the United States, 1995-1998. American journal of epidemiology, 154 (11). pp. 1057-1063.
dc.identifier.issn0002-9262
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 2834
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23474
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectHypertension
dc.subjectAsian Americans
dc.subjectBlacks
dc.subjectcerebral hemorrhage
dc.subjectcerebrovascular accident
dc.subjectHispanic Americans
dc.subjectIndians
dc.subjectNorth American
dc.subjectmortality
dc.subjectsubarachnoid hemorrhage
dc.titleRacial/ethnic disparities in mortality by stroke subtype in the United States, 1995-1998.
dc.typeArticle

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