111. Maori Feather-Box.

Breast cancer in Maori and non-Maori women.

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is more common in Maori than in non-Maori women under the age of 40 years and is equally common in older women, despite Maori being generally of lower socioeconomic status and having had a higher fertility rate than non-Maori. METHODS Data from a nationwide population-based case-control study of breast cancer in New Zealand women aged 25-54 years were used to compare ...

Maori attitudes toward abortion.

Gout in the Maori.

To extend knowledge of the rheumatic diseases epidemiological studies are of considerable importance, and these are of particular interest where disease incidence in different racial groups living side by side can be compared. Such opportunity occurs in New Zealand, especially in the northern part of the North Island where live most of the Maori population. At Rotorua in the centre of this area...

Smoking-related Cancers in Maori and non-Maori in New Zealand, 1974-1993: Fewer Bladder Cancers among Maori.

Smoking is, and long has been, more prevalent among Maori than non-Maori in New Zealand. Lung cancer, but not other smoking-related cancers, is known to be markedly more common among Maori than non-Maori. Incidence and mortality data from the New Zealand Cancer Registry for cancers of the mouth/pharynx, oesophagus, pancreas, larynx, kidney and bladder, as well as lung/pleura, during the period ...

Birds of a feather: using a rotational box plot to assess ascertainment bias.

BACKGROUND Comparability of study participants with non-participants is customarily assessed by contrasting the distributions of sociodemographic characteristics. Such comparisons do not necessarily provide insight into whether or not participants of a given subgroup are similar to non-participants of the same subgroup. A geographical information system (GIS) may provide such insight by visuall...