Tukuitonga C F, Stewart A, Beaglehole R
Department of Community Health, University of Auckland.
N Z Med J. 1990 Sep 26;103(898):448-9.
Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in New Zealand. Death rates are higher among the Maori than the European population but rates have been declining in both groups over recent years. The occurrence of coronary heart disease among the Pacific Island population in New Zealand is unknown. Data from the National Health Statistics Centre (NHSC) and the Auckland coronary or stroke (ARCOS) study were used to describe the occurrence of coronary heart diseases among Pacific Island people. Age standardised mortality rates show that coronary heart disease is an important cause of death among Pacific Island men. Death rates have declined between 1973-77 and 1978-82 but this trend did not continue among men in the 1983-86 period. Age standardised mortality rates from coronary heart disease from the ARCOS data are 175/100,000 and 52/100,000 for Pacific Island men and women compared with 325/100,000 and 141/100,000 for Maori men and women. Age standardised rates for European men and women are 154/100,000 and 36/100,000 respectively.
冠心病是新西兰的主要死因。毛利人的死亡率高于欧洲裔人口，但近年来这两个群体的死亡率都在下降。新西兰太平洋岛民群体中冠心病的发病情况尚不清楚。利用国家卫生统计中心（NHSC）的数据以及奥克兰冠心病或中风（ARCOS）研究来描述太平洋岛民中冠心病的发病情况。年龄标准化死亡率表明，冠心病是太平洋岛民男性的一个重要死因。1973 - 1977年至1978 - 1982年间死亡率有所下降，但在1983 - 1986年期间男性中这一趋势并未持续。根据ARCOS数据，太平洋岛民男性和女性冠心病的年龄标准化死亡率分别为175/10万和52/10万，而毛利男性和女性分别为325/10万和141/10万。欧洲男性和女性的年龄标准化率分别为154/10万和36/10万。
