Journal of Public Health
Volume 13, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 276-280

The effects of demographic shift on coronary heart disease mortality in a large migrant population at high risk (Article)

Lowy A.G.J.* , Woods K.L. , Botha J.L.
  • a Leicestershire Health Authority, 20-28 Princess Road West, Leicester LEI 6TY, United Kingdom, University of Leicester, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Clinical Sciences Building, United Kingdom
  • b Leicestershire Health Authority, 20-28 Princess Road West, Leicester LEI 6TY, United Kingdom, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE2 7LX, United Kingdom
  • c Leicestershire Health Authority, 20-28 Princess Road West, Leicester LEI 6TY, United Kingdom, University of Leicester Department of Community Health, Clinical Sciences Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE2 7LX, United Kingdom

Abstract

Asian immigrants to the United Kingdom and elsewhere are at greater risk of mortality and morbidity from coronary heart disease (CHD) than UK whites. This predisposition has yet to be explained.More than 63000 Asian people, a high proportion of whom are under 40, live in Leicester. Projections of the local Asian and non-Asian populations indicate that numbers of Asian people in higher-risk age groups will more than double between 1988 and 2008. In the absence of effective intervention, numbers of CHD deaths among Asian people, and the prevalence of other manifestations of CHD in this group, will rise by an equivalent amount.This predicted shift in the ethnic distribution of CHD has important implications for the planning of acute services in Leicester. Our predictions also demonstrate both a valuable opportunity and a pressing need for local research into the aetiology of CHD among Asian people, upon which preventative strategies may be based. © 1991 Oxford University Press.

Author Keywords

[No Keywords available]

Index Keywords

Forecasting immigrant Caucasian demography risk human Asia Aged death morbidity population growth ethnic difference male England female prevalence Article adult United Kingdom causality disease predisposition ischemic heart disease Emigration and Immigration Coronary Disease mortality Middle Age
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0025988237&partnerID=40&md5=62f4781fbec228421b936e8ec63561aa
ISSN: 17413842
Cited by: 9
Original Language: English