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标题：Disparities in Chronic Disease Risk Factors and Health Status Between American Indian/Alaska Native and White Elders: Findings From a Telephone Survey, 2001 and 2002
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作者：Clark H. Denny ; Deborah Holtzman ; R. Turner Goins 等
期刊名称：American journal of public health
印刷版ISSN：0090-0036
出版年度：2005
卷号：95
期号：5
页码：825-827
DOI：10.2105/AJPH.2004.043489
语种：English
出版社：American Public Health Association
摘要：We compared prevalence estimates of chronic disease risk factors and health status between American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) and White elders. We used 2001 and 2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data to estimate the prevalence of smoking, physical inactivity, obesity, diagnosed diabetes, and general health status. For all health behavior and status measures, American Indians/Alaska Natives reported greater risk than did Whites. Risk factors among AIAN elders need to be addressed to eliminate disparities in chronic diseases. Heart disease, cancer, and diabetes are the 3 leading causes of death for American Indians/Alaska Natives (AIAN) aged 55 or older (henceforth referred to as elders ). 1 Chronic diseases such as these also negatively affect the general health status and quality of life of AIAN elders. 2 The burden of chronic diseases on AIAN communities will increase as the number of elders grows from approximately 310 000 in 2000 to 459 000 in 2010. 3 Population-based estimates of chronic disease risk factors can be useful in developing interventions to prevent and control these diseases. 4 Addressing chronic disease risk factors will help us reach the Healthy People 2010: Understanding and Improving Health goals of improving the quality of people’s lives, increasing their years of healthy life, and eliminating health disparities. 5 The purpose of our study was to examine differences between AIAN elders and White elders on 5 health behavior and status measures with data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) for 2001 and 2002.