Journal article
Does mortality vary between Asian subgroups in New Zealand: An application of hierarchical Bayesian modelling
S Jatrana, K Richardson, T Blakely, S Dayal
Plos One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2014
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Abstract
The aim of this paper was to see whether all-cause and cause-specific mortality rates vary between Asian ethnic subgroups, and whether overseas born Asian subgroup mortality rate ratios varied by nativity and duration of residence. We used hierarchical Bayesian methods to allow for sparse data in the analysis of linked census-mortality data for 25-75 year old New Zealanders. We found directly standardised posterior all-cause and cardiovascular mortality rates were highest for the Indian ethnic group, significantly so when compared with those of Chinese ethnicity. In contrast, cancer mortality rates were lowest for ethnic Indians. Asian overseas born subgroups have about 70% of the mortality ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study was funded by a University of Otago Research Grant (ORG 0111-0312) and used data from the New Zealand Census-Mortality Study (NZCMS). The NZCMS was initially funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand, and receives on-going funding from the New Zealand Ministry of Health. The New Zealand Population Health Charitable Trust provided Saira Dayal with financial assistance as a public health medicine registrar. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.