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    Comparison of Mortality and Hospital Utilization Patterns Between Old Order Amish and Non-Amish Caucasians

    Authors
    Braxton C. Mitchell
    Magdalena I. Tolea
    Kelsey Shields
    Laurence S. Magder
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    Description

    This dataset consists of comparisons of mortality and hospital discharge rates/diagnoses between Old Order Amish (OOA) living in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and non-Amish Caucasians. The Anabaptist Genealogy Database Version 5 (AGDB5) and the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) were utilized for the mortality statistics for each cohort, respectively. Additionally, OOA health-related data were collected...

    Subject
    Amish
    Hospitals/utilization
    Longevity