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America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences, Volume II (2001)
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America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences - Volume II

TABLE 14–4 Trends in Cirrhosis Mortality, 1950–1995

 

1950

1960

1970

1980

1985

1990

1995

A. Age-Adjusted Death Rates per 100,000 Population

White

8.6

10.3

13.4

11.0

8.9

8.0

7.4

Black

7.2

11.7

24.8

21.6

16.3

13.7

9.9

American Indiar

–

–

–

38.6

23.6

19.8

24.3

Asian or PI

–

–

–

4.5

4.2

3.7

2.7

Hispanic

–

–

–

–

16.3

14.2

12.9

B. Minority/White Ratios

B/W

0.84

1.14

1.85

1.96

1.83

1.71

1.34

Am. Indian/W

–

–

–

3.51

2.65

2.48

3.28

Asian or PI/W

–

–

–

0.41

0.47

0.46

0.36

Hispanic/W

–

–

–

–

1.83

1.78

1.74

 

SOURCE: NCHS (1998).

Infectious Diseases

Pneumonia/Influenza

Pneumonia/influenza was the sixth leading cause of death in the United States in 1996, accounting for 83,727 lives. Table 14–5 shows that Blacks and Native Americans or Alaska Natives had higher pneumonia/ influenza death rates in 1995 than Whites, while Asian or Pacific Islander and Hispanic groups had lower rates. Between 1950 and 1980, there were

TABLE 14–5 Trends in Flu and Pneumonia Mortality, 1950–1995

 

1950

1960

1970

1980

1985

1990

1995

A. Age-Adjusted Death Rates per 100,000 Population

White

22.9

24.6

19.8

12.2

12.9

13.4

12.4

Black

57.0

56.4

40.4

19.2

18.8

19.8

17.8

American Indian

–

–

–

19.4

14.9

15.2

14.2

Asian or PI

–

–

–

9.1

9.1

10.4

10.8

Hispanic

–

–

–

–

12.0

11.5

9.9

B. Minority/White Ratios

B/W

2.49

2.29

2.04

1.57

1.46

1.48

1.44

Am. Indian/W

–

–

–

1.59

1.16

1.13

1.15

Asian or PI/W

–

–

–

0.75

0.71

0.78

0.87

Hispanic/W

–

–

–

–

0.93

0.86

0.80

 

SOURCE: NCHS (1998).
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