Māori male death rate from ischaemic heart disease appears to climb

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Māori male death rate from ischaemic heart disease appears to climb

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Martin Johnston
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Ischaemic heart disease is disproportionately affecting Māori men
All-cause mortality is still falling in everyone and IHD is still falling in all other groups, so I’m not convinced the apparent increase is real , Male mortality, Male mortality rates from ischaemic heart disease per 100,000 by year, 1996 to 2016. Upper line is for Māori, lower line for non-Māori