Studying Causes of Death in the Past

Alter, George; Carmichael, Ann G.

doi:10.1080/01615440.1996.10112728

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“…For the countries included in our study, the information on all-cause mortality and on lung-cancer mortality was virtually complete, so that our results are hardly affected by missing data which is often a problem in cross-country comparisons that cover a longer time frame (Reibling 2013). Although data on causes of death for several decades are often affected by coding changes or improved diagnostic possibilities, this is less the case for lung-cancer deaths that could be identified relatively clearly and were not subject to problematic coding changes (Alter and Carmichael 1996). …”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Does the Impact of the Tobacco Epidemic Explain Structural Changes in the Decline of Mortality?

Peters

Mackenbach²,

Nusselder³

2016

Eur J Population

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Since 1950, most developed countries have exhibited structural changes in mortality decline. This complicates extrapolative forecasts, such as the commonly used Lee–Carter model, that require the presence of a steady long-term trend. This study tests whether the impact of the tobacco epidemic explains the structural changes in mortality decline, as it is presumed in earlier studies. For this purpose, the time index of the Lee-Carter model in males was investigated in 20 developed countries between 1950 and 2011 for possible structural changes. It was found that removing the impact of smoking from mortality trends took away more than half of the 12 detected trend breaks. For the remaining trend breaks, adjusting for smoking attenuated the degree of change in mortality decline. Taking the tobacco epidemic into account should become standard procedure in mortality forecasts to avoid a misleading extrapolation of trends. Nevertheless, more research is needed to identify additional factors, such as health-care policies and innovations in medical treatment, to explain the remaining structural changes.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does the Impact of the Tobacco Epidemic Explain Structural Changes in the Decline of Mortality?

Peters

Mackenbach²,

Nusselder³

2016

Eur J Population

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“…Nonetheless, carefully considered, the analysis of cause-specific data can provide insight into prevailing health conditions. 44 …”

Section: Methodsmentioning

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Mortality in an Early Ontario Community: Belleville 1876–1885

Sawchuk¹,

Burke²

2000

Urban History Review

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This study contributes to our understanding of health in late nineteenth-century communities in Ontario and the major factors contributing to the high mortality of the period. The focus of the study is Belleville, Ontario, from 1876 to 1885. Life expectancies at birth in the low forties characterized the community with infant mortality rates in the very high range, 160 per 1000 live-births. Major contributors to the observed pattern of mortality included tuberculosis, weanling diarrhea, and scarlet fever. Significant differences in the likelihood of dying from these three major causes varied by gender and religious affiliation. It is possible that more extended patterns of breast-feeding among Catholics led to lower levels of weanling diarrhea mortality in their infants.

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“…However, certain codes or conditions cannot be studied using this approach because they change classes over time or when entire classes are lost because of the coding change. 46  Bridge coding/concordance tables. Create comparable code sets in each coding system over time.…”

Section: Strategiesmentioning

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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with systolic heart failure

2019

Br J Cardiol

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Studying Causes of Death in the Past

Cited by 31 publications

References 2 publications

Does the Impact of the Tobacco Epidemic Explain Structural Changes in the Decline of Mortality?

Does the Impact of the Tobacco Epidemic Explain Structural Changes in the Decline of Mortality?

Mortality in an Early Ontario Community: Belleville 1876–1885

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement in patients with systolic heart failure

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