Trends in ischaemic heart disease: patterns of hospitalisation and mortality rates differ by ethnicity (ANZACS-QI 21)
Corina Grey, Rod Jackson, Susan Wells, Billy Wu, Katrina Poppe, Matire Harwood, Gerhard Sundborn, Andrew J Kerr
Since 2006, hospitalisations and deaths from heart disease have continued to decline in New Zealand. However, rates of death are higher in Mori and Pacific, and hospitalisations higher in Indian, Mori and Pacific people, compared to Europeans. What s more, there appears to be issues with access to healthcare, with fewer hospitalisations for every death from heart disease in Mori and Pacific men and women compared to Indian, other Asian and European men and women. For Mori and Pacific men, there were approximately 3-4 people hospitalised for heart disease for every person who died from the disease. In comparison, there were approximately 7-8 Indian men hospitalised for every person who died from heart disease.