Rising Ethnic Inequalities in Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease, New Zealand, 2000-2018.

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Rising Ethnic Inequalities in Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease, New Zealand, 2000-2018.

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We describe trends in acute rheumatic fever (ARF), rheumatic heart disease (RHD), and RHD deaths among population groups in New Zealand. We analyzed initial primary ARF and RHD hospitalizations during 2000-2018 and RHD mortality rates during 2000-2016. We found elevated rates of initial ARF hospitalizations for persons of Māori (adjusted rate ratio [aRR] 11.8, 95% CI 10.0-14.0) and Pacific Islander (aRR 23.6, 95% CI 19.9-27.9) ethnicity compared with persons of European/other ethnicity. We al...

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2021-01

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Bennett, Julie / Zhang, Jane / Leung, William / Jack, Susan / Oliver, Jane / Webb, Rachel / Wilson, Nigel / Sika-Paotonu, Dianne / Harwood, Matire / Baker, Michael G

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https://hdl.handle.net/2292/61223

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Humans / Rheumatic Fever / Rheumatic Heart Disease / New Zealand / Ethnicity / Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander / Māori / Pacific Islander / Socioeconomic deprivation / bacteria / children / epidemiology / inequalities / poverty / streptococci / trends / Rare Diseases / Science & Technology / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Immunology / Infectious Diseases / INTERMOUNTAIN AREA / MORTALITY / 1103 Clinical Sciences / 1108 Medical Microbiology / 1117 Public Health and Health Services

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