Samet J M, Key C R, Kutvirt D M, Wiggins C L
Am J Public Health. 1980 May;70(5):492-7. doi: 10.2105/ajph.70.5.492.
To determine the effect of ethnic group on respiratory disease occurrence, average annual sex, ethnic, and disease specific mortality rates for the period of 1969 to 1977 were calculated for New Mexico's American Indian, Hispanic, and Anglo populations. Incidence data were available for respiratory tract cancer. This study corroborates previous findings of reduced mortality from lung cancer in American Indians of both sexes and in Hispanic males. American Indian mortality from tuberculosis and from influenza and pneumonia was high. Hispanic males and American Indians of both sexes showed low mortality rates for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Differing cigarette usage is the most obvious explanation for the variations in COPD and lung cancer occurrence with ethnic group.
为确定种族对呼吸道疾病发生的影响,计算了1969年至1977年期间新墨西哥州美洲印第安人、西班牙裔和盎格鲁人群按性别、种族和特定疾病划分的平均年死亡率。呼吸道癌症有发病率数据。本研究证实了先前的研究结果,即美洲印第安男女和西班牙裔男性肺癌死亡率降低。美洲印第安人因结核病、流感和肺炎的死亡率较高。西班牙裔男性和美洲印第安男女慢性阻塞性肺疾病(COPD)的死亡率较低。不同的吸烟习惯是COPD和肺癌发病率随种族变化的最明显解释。