Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI.
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
AMIA Jt Summits Transl Sci Proc. 2021 May 17;2021:161-169. eCollection 2021.
Hispanic ethnicity can be captured with differing levels of granularity using various data standards, including those from the Office of Management and Budget, Health and Human Services and National Academy of Medicine. Previous research identified seven subgroups of Hispanics in New Mexico using open-ended interviews and information about the culture/history of the state. We examined age and manner of death to determine whether differences among subgroups are hidden by less-refined categorization. Significant differences in the mean age at death were found between some groups, including Spanish and Mexican Americans. We found an association between specific manners of death codes and subgroups. However, significance disappeared when manners of death were grouped (e.g. accident, homicide, etc.). This indicates that while certain manners of death are associated with group membership, overall types of death are not. Data descriptors for Hispanics should reflect more refined, regionally relevant groups, in order to unmask heterogeneity.
西班牙裔族群可以使用各种数据标准进行不同程度的细化捕捉，包括来自管理和预算办公室、卫生与公众服务部和国家医学院的数据标准。先前的研究使用开放式访谈和有关该州文化/历史的信息，确定了新墨西哥州的七个西班牙裔亚群。我们检查了年龄和死亡方式，以确定亚群之间的差异是否因分类不够精细而被掩盖。在一些群体（包括西班牙裔和墨西哥裔美国人）之间发现了死亡平均年龄的显著差异。我们发现特定的死亡方式代码与亚群之间存在关联。然而，当将死亡方式分组时（例如事故、凶杀等），这种关联就消失了。这表明，虽然某些死亡方式与群体成员身份有关，但总体死亡类型并非如此。西班牙裔的数据分析描述符应反映更精细、更具地域相关性的群体，以揭示异质性。
