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  • 滿足亞裔美國人
    群體的健康需求
  • Montgomery
    County
    Department of Health
    and Human Services

健康落差

與其他有色群體一樣,亞裔美國人在健康結果與指標上,都有相當大的落差。在這個群體中,一些比較普遍出現的健康狀況包括癌症、心血管疾病、糖尿病、B 型肝炎、心理健康、骨質疏鬆症與吸煙。

癌症:

癌症依舊是亞裔美國人排名第一的死亡原因。

(Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics Reports; Volume 67, Number 6, “Leading Causes of Death for 2016”: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_06.pdf)

心血管疾病:

心臟疾病是亞裔美國人排名第二的死亡原因。

(Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics Reports; Volume 67, Number 6, “Leading Causes of Death for 2016”: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_06.pdf)

糖尿病:

大約 20% 的亞裔美國人受到糖尿病的影響,而且估計 32% 的亞裔美國人患有前期糖尿病。

(Source: Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School Affiliate, “One in Two Asian Americans Develop Diabetes or Pre-diabetes in Their Lifetime”: https://aadi.joslin.org/en/diabetes-mellitus-in-asian-americans)

B 型肝炎:

亞裔美國人佔美國總人口的 5%,但是罹患慢性 B 型肝炎的人數佔全美一半以上。據估計,在 12 名亞裔美國人當中,有一人罹患 B 型肝炎。

(Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and Chronic Hepatitis B: https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/populations/api.htm; U.S. Food and Drug Administration, “Asian Americans and Hepatitis B: https://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudience/MinorityHealth/ucm501078.htm)

 

心理健康:

年齡在 15 到 24 歲的女性中,亞裔美國人在所有種族/族裔群體中的自殺率最高。

(Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics Reports; Volume 67, Number 6, “Leading Causes of Death for 2016”: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_06.pdf)

骨質疏鬆症:

由於許多危險因素,亞裔美籍女性比較容易患有骨質疏鬆症,這些因素包括體重較低、鈣質攝取不足,以及乳糖不耐症等等。

(Source: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, “Osteoporosis and Asian American Women”: https://www.bones.nih.gov/health-info/bone/osteoporosis/background/asian-american-women)

吸煙:

大約 11 名亞裔美籍成年人中,有一人會抽煙。大約 7 名亞裔美籍男人,有一人會抽煙。

(Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Tips From Former Smokers: Asian Americans”: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/groups/asian-american.html)