The Cape Coloured People*

The distribution of lung cancer mortality in Cape Town and related factors.

Lung cancer, a disease which primarily occurs in urban areas, caused 1,130 deaths during 1984-1986 in Cape Town. It is the most prevalent cause of cancer death in men and is second only to breast cancer in women. It was responsible for 22.9% of all cancer deaths in Cape Town during the 3-year period. The cartographic representation of standardised mortality ratios shows that the incidence of lu...

Investigation into the relationship between the socio-economic and health status of the coloured people of the Western Cape in an urban setting.

A descriptive non-experimental approach was applied to investigate and describe the prevalence of factors influencing the health status of the Coloured people of the Western Cape in an urban setting as a dissertation for a doctorate degree. For the purpose of this article the relationship between the socio-economic and health status of the Coloured people of the Western Cape in an urban setting...

Gaucher's disease in the Cape coloured population of the RSA, including a family with 5 affected siblings.

Nine Cape Coloured children from 4 families with severe non-neuropathic Gaucher's disease are documented. The diagnosis was confirmed histologically in the bone marrow, spleen and liver, and by serum acid phosphatase and leucocyte beta-glucosidase assays. This represents a minimum prevalence for Gaucher's disease of 1 in 247,350 in this population and an approximate genetic carrier rate of 1 in...

Disadvantaged black and coloured infants in two urban communities in the Western Cape, South Africa differ in micronutrient status.

OBJECTIVES To determine the nutritional and health status of urban infants in two disadvantaged communities in the Western Cape, South Africa with special reference to micronutrient status. The results of this study will serve to plan an intervention study in these communities in the same age group. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Two disadvantaged urban black and 'coloured' communiti...

Diagnosis and incidence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Cape coloured females in the Western Cape. Laboratory aspects.

Media use and preference related to coronary heart disease of the coloured population of the Cape Peninsula. The CRISIC study.

As a part of a comprehensive coronary risk factor study among the coloured population of the Cape Peninsula (the CRISIC study), the media use and preference of the population were examined with a view to suggesting appropriate media for conveying health messages. A stratified sample (N = 976) was randomly drawn from the coloured population in the age group 15 to 64 years in the Cape Peninsula. ...