STROKE SUREVILLANCE IN A BIETHNIC COMMUNITY

描述：（改编自研究者摘要）各种因素 影响中风发病率和死亡率。种族特征可能是 从遗传和环境的角度来看，这都是很重要的。是 不清楚中风的发病率和死亡率的确切特征， 西班牙裔美国人可能是。有一种说法认为， 可能低于其他群体，尽管糖尿病的发病率很高， 其他中风风险因素可能表明并非如此。混杂因素包括使用 人口动态统计数据和种族间差异， 异质群体西班牙裔美国人是增长最快的少数民族 美国境内的人口;在这个群体中，墨西哥裔美国人形成了 最大段。本项目将采用主动和被动相结合的方式 监测方法，以确定所有中风病例提出的六个之一， 德克萨斯州科珀斯克里斯蒂的急性护理医院，或德克萨斯州的12家疗养院之一， 社会各界解释种族差异的潜在病因学变量 中风发作率也将被考虑。此外，中风的危险因素， 将审查获得护理和适应文化的特点。

DESCRIPTION: (Adapted from the Investigator's Abstract) Various factors influence stroke incidence and mortality. Ethnic characteristics may be important, both from a genetic and from an environmental standpoint. It is unclear precisely what the stroke incidence and mortality characteristics of the Hispanic-American population may be. There is some suggestion that these may be less than in other groups although the high incidence of diabetes and other stroke risk factors might suggest otherwise. Confounders include the use of vital statistics and inter-ethnic differences expressed within a heterogeneous group. Hispanic Americans are the fastest growing minority population within the United States; of this group, Mexican Americans form the largest segment. This project will use a combination of active and passive surveillance methods to ascertain all cases of stroke presenting to one of six acute care hospitals in Corpus Christi TX, or at one of the 12 nursing homes in the community. Potential etiological variables explaining ethnic differences in stroke attack rates will also be considered. In addition, stroke risk factors, access to care and acculturation characteristics will be examined.