Diabetes Mortality Among Chinese Migrants to New York City

Document Type

Article

Authors

Linda M. Gerber, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York

Abstract

Proportional mortality rates from diabetes have been tabulated from death certificates (1968-1972) for Chinese in New York City (N.Y.C.) and compared to white and nonwhite mortality data for 1970. N.Y.C. Chinese have a greater proportion of deaths due to diabetes than either N.Y.C. whites or nonwhites. Within the N.Y.C. Chinese population, foreign-born Chinese have a slightly greater proportion of deaths due to diabetes than U.S.-born Chinese. In addition, age-specific proportional mortality rates due to diabetes among foreign-born Chinese increase with increasing length of residence in N.Y.C.

Recommended Citation

Gerber, Linda M. (1984) "Diabetes Mortality Among Chinese Migrants to New York City," Human Biology: Vol. 56: Iss. 3, Article 6.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol56/iss3/6