Ethnic Groups - Statistics & numerical data
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Factors contributing to utilization of health care services in Malaysia: a population-based study.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: This paper examines the factors contributing to the under utilisation of health care services in the Malaysian population. METHODOLOGY: Using data derived from Malaysian Mental Health Survey (MMHS) information on utilisation of four basic ... Read more...

Racial and ethnic disparities in the trends in primary cesarean delivery based on indications.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine trends in primary cesarean deliveries by indications and race/ethnicity. STUDY DESIGN: We examined temporal trends in primary cesarean deliveries from 1991 through 2008 among singleton births (n = 540,953) in Kaiser Permanente ... Read more...

Individual pathogens, pathogen burden and markers of subclinical atherosclerosis: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

29 Sep 2009 METHODS: We examined the cross-sectional relationships of subclinical atherosclerosis - expressed by carotid intimal-medial thickness and coronary calcification - with antibodies to Chlamydia pneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori, cytomegalovirus, herpes ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Ethnic Groups - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Factors contributing to utilization of health care services in Malaysia: a population-based study. 29 Sep 2009
• Racial and ethnic disparities in the trends in primary cesarean delivery based on indications. 29 Sep 2009
• Individual pathogens, pathogen burden and markers of subclinical atherosclerosis: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. 29 Sep 2009
• Ethnicity, age, and trends in alcohol-related driver fatalities in the United States. 29 Sep 2009
• Risk factors for lower respiratory tract infection death among infants in the United States, 1999-2004. 26 Sep 2009
• Disparities in access to pediatric neurooncological surgery in the United States. 26 Sep 2009
• Graduate medical education, 2008-2009. 21 Sep 2009
• Validity of self-reported birth weight by adult women: sociodemographic influences and implications for life-course studies. 9 Sep 2009
• Disparities in epilepsy: report of a systematic review by the North American Commission of the International League Against Epilepsy. Sep 2009
• Analysis of item response and differential item functioning of alcohol expectancies in middle school youths. 30 Aug 2009
• The longitudinal structure of general and specific anxiety dimensions in children: testing a latent trait-state-occasion model. 30 Aug 2009
• Ethnic conflict without ethnic groups: a study in pure sociology. 30 Aug 2009
• Perception that "everything requires a lot of effort": transcultural SCL-25 item validation. 30 Aug 2009
• Contextual effects on health care access among immigrants: lessons from three ethnic communities in Hawaii. 29 Aug 2009
• Do ethnic and socio-economic inequalities in mortality vary by region in New Zealand? An application of hierarchical Bayesian modelling. 23 Aug 2009
• Ethnic disparities in New Zealand hospital care. 5 Aug 2009
• New Zealand smokers' attitudes to smokefree cars containing preschool children: very high support across all sociodemographic groups. 5 Aug 2009
• Patient satisfaction in New Zealand. 5 Aug 2009
• The oral health status of adults 65 and older in California:1995-2006. 30 Jul 2009
• Non-English speakers attend gastroenterology clinic appointments at higher rates than English speakers in a vulnerable patient population. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Ethnic Groups'

Definition: A group of people with a common cultural heritage that sets them apart from others in a variety of social relationships.

Descriptor UI: D005006

Alternative terms: Ethnic Groups; Ethnic Group; Group, Ethnic; Groups, Ethnic; Nationality; Nationalities;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; education; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data; ethnology; genetics;

Tree Number: M01.686.754; N01.224.317;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: do not confuse ethnicity with CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS