Exploring disparities in acute myocardial infarction events between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians: Roles of age, gender, geography and area-level disadvantage

Health and Place

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 58-66

  Randall, D A ^a   Jorm, L R ^a,b   Lujic, S ^a   Eades, S J ^c,d   Churches, T R ^b   O'Loughlin, A J ^a   Leyland, A H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health; Acute myocardial infarction; Data linkage; Multilevel modeling

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN; ABORIGINE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NON ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTER; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84899100128     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.03.009     Document Type: Article

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