Mortality of Migrants from the Indian Subcontinent to England and Wales: Effect of Duration of Residence

Harding, Seeromanie

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“…Migrant studies can be useful in separating the role of genetic and environmental factors (Parkin, 2004). Longer duration of residence in the UK is associated with increased mortality from cancer among South Asians and this may be related to changes in diet and lifestyle (Harding, 2003).…”

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Mortality from all cancers and lung, colorectal, breast and prostate cancer by country of birth in England and Wales, 2001–2003

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Mortality from all cancers and lung, colorectal, breast and prostate cancer by country of birth in England and Wales, 2001-2003 Mortality from all cancers combined and major cancers among men and women aged 20 years and over was compared by country of birth with that of the whole of England and Wales as the reference group. Population data from the 2001 Census and mortality data for 2001 -2003 were used to estimate standardised mortality ratios. Data on approximately 399 000 cancer deaths were available, with at least 400 cancer deaths in each of the smaller populations. Statistically significant differences from the reference group included: higher mortality from all cancers combined, lung and colorectal cancer among people born in Scotland and Ireland, lower mortality for all cancers combined, lung, breast and prostate cancer among people born in Bangladesh (except for lung cancer in men), India, Pakistan or China/Hong Kong, lower lung cancer mortality among people born in West Africa or the West Indies, higher breast cancer mortality among women born in West Africa and higher prostate cancer mortality among men born in West Africa or the West Indies. These data may be relevant to causal hypotheses and in relation to health care and cancer prevention.

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Mortality from all cancers and lung, colorectal, breast and prostate cancer by country of birth in England and Wales, 2001–2003

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“…The prevalence of NCDs, especially T2DM is often higher among South Asian migrants than among the host population, as well as other migrant communities (Misra & Khurana, 2011). Migrants from South Asian countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh and India who live in the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada and the United States are identified as being particularly susceptible to obesity-related chronic diseases, particularly T2DM and CHD (Anderson et al, 2005;Bhopal, 2009;Dassanayake et al, 2009;De Maio, 2010;Gilbert & Khokhar, 2008;Harding, 2003;Holmboe-Ottesen & Wandel, 2012;Johansen et al, 2009;Wandel et al, 2008). Their diet has been examined as a possible factor responsible for the increased prevalence of these conditions.…”

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An exploration of dietary practices among South Indians in Brisbane, Australia

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“…10 All-cancer mortality in South Asian migrants has been found to increase with duration of residence in England and Wales, even after adjusting for socio-economic position. 11 If lung cancer mortality reflects smoking habits of populations 20-30 years previously, as has been proposed, 3 the likely progression from contemporary behavioural changes to future incidence and mortality data is all too predictable.…”

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“…11 The clear outcome of MMC and MTAS is to have politicized an entire generation of doctors. More tragically, they risk stifling the vocation of young professionals who, as enthusiastic, ambitious and caring as their predecessors ever were, are faced with unemployment, emigration, or at best a shorter, inferior training experience.…”

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Changing disease patterns in South Asians in the UK

Zaman

Mangtani

2007

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

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As we move ever closer to the start of August, there remains no sign that the MTAS (Medical Training Application Service) debacle will end. In the months since this sorry episode began, doctors have been united in a way never seen before, 1 and the common goals of those professionals who have invested so much of themselves in the NHS are becoming clearer: a fair, validated and transparent application process for all doctors; an expansion of training numbers combined with rational workforce planning; the preservation of those aspects of training which have made British medicine so respected; and, above all, the best possible care for the people who seek help from their doctor. Despite the apologies and the high-level resignations, 2-4 the government persists in its efforts to keep the sinking MTAS ship afloat. The Department of Health, its attention focused as ever upon public perception, continues to fight its corner through spin and sound-bite. This makes it important that doctors communicate with the public in a manner that cuts through government rhetoric, to explain how part of the huge financial investment in the NHS is being squandered. In particular, the myth that MTAS is merely a hiccup in an otherwise well thought-out, sensible program of reform-MMC (Modernising Medical Careers)-cannot go unchallenged. With this in mind, we present some of the more prominent myths that continue to abound regarding MTAS and MMC.

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Mortality of Migrants from the Indian Subcontinent to England and Wales: Effect of Duration of Residence

Cited by 84 publications

References 29 publications

Mortality from all cancers and lung, colorectal, breast and prostate cancer by country of birth in England and Wales, 2001–2003

Mortality from all cancers and lung, colorectal, breast and prostate cancer by country of birth in England and Wales, 2001–2003

An exploration of dietary practices among South Indians in Brisbane, Australia

Changing disease patterns in South Asians in the UK

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