The impact of the major causes of death on life expectancy in Italy

Conti, Susanna; Farchi, G; Masocco, Maria; Toccaceli, Virgilia; Vichi, Monica

doi:10.1093/ije/28.5.905

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“…In Qatar, for the time period of 1996-2010, the gain in life expectancy at birth was 3.6 years for men and 2.3 years for women. This gain in the life expectancy is similar to that reported by other studies in Kuwait [15] and Italy [6]. A study in Germany also reported an improvement of 2.2 years for both the sexes per decade for the time period between 1962 and 2002 [5].…”

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“…V. DISCUSSION The life expectancy at birth as a measure of mortality is a valid and important indicator of population's health status. In many countries there have been notable improvements in the health of populations and life expectancy in the last century [5,6,14].…”

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“…Life expectancy is a superior summary measure of mortality and more intuitive than mortality rates. The change over time serves as an indicator for social and economical developments within a population and is therefore a useful instrument for public health communication [4][5][6][7].…”

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“…As changes in life expectancy are only composite measures of changes in mortality rates, it is more useful to present de-compositional life expectancy in terms of age, gender and disease groups, and correlate the life expectancy with these subgroups for better explanation. This method is commonly used in the demographic literature to explore differences in life expectancy between groups or within time intervals [4][5][6][7][8].…”

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Trends of Cause and Sex-Specific Mortality, and Its Impact on the Life Expectancy among Qatari Population

Bener¹,

Yousafzai²,

ur-Rehman³

et al. 2013

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Abstract-The study aimed to assess the changes in the cause and sex-specific mortality and the life expectancy in Qatar from 1996-2010. Method: the electronic database, from the tertiary healthcare providers at the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), and vital health statistics from Supreme Council of Health in Qatar was utilized to assess the impact of cause and sex-specific mortality on life expectancy at birth. Correlation between life expectancy at birth to causes such as cardiovascular diseases (CVD), traffic accidents, malignant neoplasm, endocrine diseases and congenital abnormalities was measured, so as to compare the potential gains from the elimination of these causes. Result: in Qatar, considering the time period of 1996-2010, the gain in life expectancy at birth was 3.6 years for men and 2.3 years for women. Overall, all cause mortality rate was 176.7 per 100,000 during 1996-2010. The mortality related to circulatory system ranked first, with mean annual mortality rate of 38.7 per 100,000, followed by road traffic accidents (27.18). Among males, mean annual mortality due to traffic accidents and circulatory systems declined from 1996 to 2010. Among females, mean mortality rate due to neoplasm mildly increased from 20.0/100,000 in 1996 to 24.8/100,000 in 2010, and that due to prenatal conditions among females declined from 12.0/100,000 in 1996, to 6.9/100,000 in 2010. Among both males and females, the mean mortality for circulatory system declined during 1996 to 2010. Overall, except for road traffic accidents (r=-0.130, p=0.494), illdefined conditions (r=-0.235, p= 0.212), and endocrine disease (r=-0.135, p=0.476) all other leading causes of mortality showed significant negative correlation with life expectancy at birth. Conclusion: increases in life expectancy in Qatar were mostly achieved by reductions in all causes mortality, and especially from reductions in mortality from the circulatory and endocrine system diseases, and prenatal and congenital deaths. The present study provided useful information which can help the policy makers in more effective allocation of resources for public health programs in Qatar.

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“…Estes dados reforçam achados do estudo de Buchalla et al 16 , os quais apontam que, apesar da acentuada redução dos coeficientes de mortalidade por diversas doenças infecciosas ao longo do século XX, ainda permanecem frequentes as mortes por septicemia, tuberculose e doença de Chagas e que, principalmente, a emergência da AIDS nos anos 80 tem sido responsável por elevado número de óbitos. Também na França 17 e na Itália 18,19 , a AIDS é apontada como importante causa, entre as doenças infecciosas, na redução dos ganhos da esperança de vida ao nascer. Na Rússia, além da AIDS, verificou-se que a tuberculose ocasionou perdas de anos de vida entre 1965 e 1999 20 .…”

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Esperança de vida ao nascer: impacto das variações na mortalidade por idade e causas de morte no Município de Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil

Belon

Barros

2011

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O objetivo do estudo foi examinar o impacto das mudanças na mortalidade por idades e causas de morte sobre o aumento da esperança de vida ao nascer no Município de Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil, entre 1991, 2000 e 2005. Foram construídas tábuas de vida. O método de Pollard foi aplicado para estimar as contribuições das idades e causas de morte na variação da longevidade. O grupo etário de 0-1 ano foi o que mais contribuiu com o aumento da vida média masculina (31,1%) e feminina (22,9%) em 1991/2000. Entre 2000 e 2005, as idades de 15-44 anos responderam por 79% do ganho masculino. A maior contribuição entre 1991 e 2000 foi gerada pelas doenças cardiovasculares (66,1% entre os homens e 43,5% entre as mulheres). As causas externas subtraíram 1,1 ano entre os homens. Entre 2000 e 2005, com a queda da mortalidade por estas causas, a esperança de vida masculina aumentou em 2,3 anos. As neoplasias provocaram redução de 0,11 ano para homens e 0,15 ano para mulheres. Estes resultados podem auxiliar na orientação de políticas públicas de saúde para redução da mortalidade e aumento da esperança de vida ao nascer.

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Evidence for Dependence Among Diseases

Yashin

Ukraintseva

Akushevich

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Biodemography of Aging

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The impact of the major causes of death on life expectancy in Italy

Abstract: The findings of this study provide useful information which could contribute to a more effective allocation of resources for research activity and public health programmes.

Cited by 29 publications

References 17 publications

Trends of Cause and Sex-Specific Mortality, and Its Impact on the Life Expectancy among Qatari Population

Trends of Cause and Sex-Specific Mortality, and Its Impact on the Life Expectancy among Qatari Population

Esperança de vida ao nascer: impacto das variações na mortalidade por idade e causas de morte no Município de Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil

Evidence for Dependence Among Diseases

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