Excess Deaths Associated with Rheumatic Heart Disease, Australia, 2013–2017
oleh: Ingrid Stacey, Rebecca Seth, Lee Nedkoff, Vicki Wade, Emma Haynes, Jonathan Carapetis, Joseph Hung, Kevin Murray, Dawn Bessarab, Judith Katzenellenbogen
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| Diterbitkan: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2024-01-01 |
Deskripsi
During 2013–2017, the mortality rate ratio for rheumatic heart disease among Indigenous versus non-Indigenous persons in Australia was 15.9, reflecting health inequity. Using excess mortality methods, we found that deaths associated with rheumatic heart disease among Indigenous Australians were probably substantially undercounted, affecting accuracy of calculations based solely on Australian Bureau of Statistics data.