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Volume 27, Number 1—January 2021
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Rising Ethnic Inequalities in Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease, New Zealand, 2000–2018

Julie BennettComments to Author , Jane Zhang, William Leung, Susan Jack, Jane Oliver, Rachel Webb, Nigel Wilson, Dianne Sika-Paotonu, Matire Harwood, and Michael G. Baker
Author affiliations: University of Otago, Wellington (J. Bennett, J. Zhang, W. Leung, D. Sika-Paotonu, M.G. Baker); Southern District Health Board, Dunedin, New Zealand (S. Jack); University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (J. Oliver); Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne (J. Oliver); Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand (R. Webb, N. Wilson); University of Auckland, Auckland (D. Sika-Paotonu, M. Harwood)

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Age distribution of ARF, RHD, and RHD mortality rates across major ethnic groups, New Zealand, 2000–2018. A) ARF incidence among Māori; B) RHD incidence among Māori; C) RHD mortality rates among Māori; D) ARF incidence among Pacific Islanders; E) RHD incidence among Pacific Islanders; F) RHD mortality rates among Pacific Islanders; G) ARF incidence among European or other persons; H) RHD incidence among European or other persons; I) RHD mortality rates among European or other persons. ARF, acute rheumatic fever; RHD, rheumatic heart disease.

Figure 5. Age distribution of ARF, RHD, and RHD mortality rates across major ethnic groups, New Zealand, 2000–2018. A) ARF incidence among Māori; B) RHD incidence among Māori; C) RHD mortality rates among Māori; D) ARF incidence among Pacific Islanders; E) RHD incidence among Pacific Islanders; F) RHD mortality rates among Pacific Islanders; G) ARF incidence among European or other persons; H) RHD incidence among European or other persons; I) RHD mortality rates among European or other persons. ARF, acute rheumatic fever; RHD, rheumatic heart disease.

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