The epidemiology of ischaemic heart disease in the different ethnic populations in Johannesburg.

  • 3 May 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 57  (18) , 748-2
Abstract
From an examination of death certificates of members of different ethnic populations in Johannesburg who have died of ischaemic heart disease (IHD), age-specific mortality rates have been calculated. The period examined in the case of Whites was 1971; in the case of Indians and Coloureds it was 1968-1971 (because of the smaller sizes of the populations); and in the case of Blacks 1968-1971 (because of the small number dying from IHD). Notable findings included: (i) an extremely high mortality rate among Whites (especially among the Jewish sector, undoubtedly the highest extant); (ii) an equally high or higher rate among Indians, a feature which also prevails in Indian immigrant populations elsewhere; (iii) a lower rate among Coloureds; and (iv) an extremely low rate among Blacks, as is also the case among other Black African populations. Comparative information is provided on IHD in other populations.

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