BACKGROUND: Asian Americans are a rapidly growing racial/ethnic group in the United States. Our current understanding of Asian-American @entity65 mortality patterns is distorted by the aggregation of distinct  subgroups. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the study was to examine @entity299 and @entity64 mortality rates in Asian-American subgroups to determine racial/ethnic differences in @entity65 mortality within the United States. METHODS: We examined @entity299 and @entity64 mortality rates for the 6 largest Asian-American subgroups (Asian  Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese) from 2003 to 2010. U.S. @entity204 records were used to identify race/ethnicity and cause of @entity204 by International Classification of Diseases-10th revision coding. Using both U.S.  Census data and @entity204 record data, standardized mortality ratios (SMRs), relative SMRs (rSMRs), and proportional mortality ratios were calculated for each sex and ethnic group relative to @entity62 ( @entity62 ). RESULTS: In this study, 10,442,034 @entity204 records were examined. Whereas NHW @entity1 and @entity1 had the highest overall mortality rates, Asian Indian @entity1 and @entity1 and Filipino @entity1 had greater proportionate mortality burden from @entity741 . The proportionate mortality burden of @entity101 and @entity66 , especially @entity64 , was higher in every Asian-American subgroup compared with @entity62 . CONCLUSIONS: The heterogeneity in @entity65 mortality patterns among diverse Asian-American subgroups calls attention to the need for more research to help direct more specific treatment and prevention efforts, in  particular with @entity101 and @entity64 , to reduce health disparities for this growing population.

XXXX mortality in asian  americans.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'men'] @entity64 :: ('MESH:D020521', 'Disease') :: ['stroke', 'hemorrhagic stroke'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['hypertensive heart disease', 'hypertension'] @entity66 :: ('MESH:D004194', 'Disease') :: ['cerebrovascular disease'] @entity741 :: ('MESH:D017202', 'Disease') :: ['ischemic heart disease'] @entity299 :: ('MESH:D006331', 'Disease') :: ['heart disease'] @entity62 :: ('MESH:D056784', 'Disease') :: ['non-Hispanic whites', 'NHWs'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death'] @entity65 :: ('MESH:D002318', 'Disease') :: ['cardiovascular disease']
@entity65 :: (MESH:D002318,Disease) :: ['Cardiovascular disease']
