CAUSES: Causes of Asian American mortality Understood by Socio-Economic Status

项目摘要 亚裔美国人是美国增长最快的种族/族裔群体，人口超过14 预计到2050年将达到近3400万。然而，我们目前对亚洲的理解 美国人是作为一个聚合的群体，很少有人知道的六个不同的亚裔美国人 种族/族裔亚组（亚洲印度人、中国人、菲律宾人、日本人、韩国人和越南人）， 广泛的疾病风险，移民历史和社会经济地位。目前有一种知识 这些不断扩大的亚群的健康状况存在差距，没有任何信息可以推荐研究 议程，制定公共卫生政策，并提供临床指南。我们目前对亚裔美国人的理解 死亡率模式被不同亚组的聚集所扭曲，外国出生和美国出生的分组， 出生人口，以及社会人口因素的未知影响。美国人口普查刚开始时 1980年，美国死亡记录中的亚洲亚组被分解， 2003年晚些时候，现在美国50个州中有一半以上的州将亚洲子群体分开。这个目标 一项研究旨在检查亚裔美国人亚组死亡率的种族/民族、出生地和地理差异 与其他种族/族裔群体（非西班牙裔白人、非裔美国人、西班牙裔）相比。调查 在不同的亚组中，按出生地和考虑社会人口因素的原因特异性死亡率将是 这是评估和解决亚裔美国人社区健康差距的基础。

PROJECT SUMMARY Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in the United States, with a population of over 14 million that is projected to reach nearly 34 million by 2050. However, our current understanding of Asian Americans is as an aggregated group, and very little is known about the six diverse Asian American racial/ethnic subgroups (Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese), who have a wide range of disease risks, immigration histories, and socioeconomic status. There is currently a knowledge gap on the health of these expanding subpopulations, and there is no information to recommend research agendas, create public health policy, and offer clinical guidelines. Our current understanding of Asian American mortality patterns is distorted by the aggregation of distinct subgroups, the grouping of foreign-born and U.S.- born populations, and the unknown impact of sociodemographic factors. While the U.S. Census first started disaggregating Asian subgroups in 1980, disaggregation of Asian subgroups on U.S. death records occurred much later in 2003, and now over half of the 50 U.S. States disaggregate Asian subgroups. The goal of this study is to examine racial/ethnic, nativity, and geographic differences in Asian American subgroup mortality compared to other racial/ethnic groups (Non-Hispanic Whites, African Americans, Hispanics). Investigation of cause-specific mortality in distinct subgroups, by nativity, and considering sociodemographic factors will be fundamental in assessing and addressing health disparities in Asian American communities.