Widening ethnic mortality disparities in New Zealand 1981-99

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2233-2251

  Blakely, Tony ^a   Tobias, Martin ^b   Robson, Bridget ^a   Ajwani, Shilpi ^c   Bonné, Martin ^b   Woodward, Alistair ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Health services; M ori; Mortality; New Zealand; Numerator denominator bias; Risk factors; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

EID: 24344474342     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.02.011     Document Type: Article

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