Excess Deaths Associated with Rheumatic Heart Disease, Australia, 2013–2017

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Stacey, Ingrid ; Seth, Rebecca ; Nedkoff, Lee ; Wade, Vicki ; Haynes, Emma ; Carapetis, Jonathan ; Hung, Joseph ; Murray, Kevin ; Bessarab, Dawn ; Katzenellenbogen, Judith
• Description:
  During 2013-2017, the mortality rate ratio for rheumatic heart disease among Indigenous versus non-Indigenous persons in Australia was 15.9, reflecting health inequity. Using excess mortality methods, we found that deaths associated with rheumatic heart disease among Indigenous Australians were probably substantially undercounted, affecting accuracy of calculations based solely on Australian Bureau of Statistics data.
• Subjects:
  Health Inequities Humans Rheumatic Heart Disease
• Keywords:
  Bacteria Cardiovascular Diseases Epidemiology Excess Deaths Mortality Rheumatic Heart Disease Streptococcus Pyogenes
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2024; 30(1):146-150
• Pubmed ID:
  38147069
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10756360
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Australia
• Volume:
  30
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:75f9b985a7bdf6deae6ed4e573c57bbd0ef8b4f3eb7f1cc8f3f83e36bfd26532
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/140577/cdc_140577_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.13 MB ]