Mortality from cerebrovascular disease and heart diseases of the Korean population in Japan, 1963-1982.

"Mortality data from cerebrovascular disease (CVD) and all forms of heart diseases (HD) of the Korean population in Japan during the period from 1963 through 1982 were examined using the age-adjusted mortality rates and standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) based on age-specific mortality rates for the 1975 Japanese population. There has been a clear decline in age-standardized mortality rates from CVD over the whole period, whereas the rates from HD have steadily increased in recent years. Mortality rates from both diseases of Korean males in Japan were much greater than those for their female counterparts. During the period 1978-1982, the SMRs for CVD of Korean males and females in Japan fell below 100, whereas SMRs for HD in both sexes remained increasingly over 100." (SUMMARY IN KOR)