The impact of the major causes of death on life expectancy in China: a 60-year longitudinal study

BMC Public Health

Mo Hao²  Fengshui Chang²  Xiaohong Li²  Mei Sun²  Jun Lu²  Honghui Wu¹  Hua Wang¹  Wei Zeng²  Ying Wang²  Chengyue Li²  Pengcheng Liu² 

[1]Health and Family Planning Commission of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China

[2]The Innovation Center for Social Risk Governance in Health, Shanghai 200032, China

关键词: Mortality data;    Potential gains in life expectancy (PGLEs);    Life expectancy;    Impact;    Maternal diseases;    Accidental injuries;    Chronic diseases;    Infectious and parasitic diseases;    China;   

Others  :  1122927
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-14-1193

 received in 2014-06-26, accepted in 2014-11-10,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

In the 12th Five-Year Plan, the Chinese government set the goal of increasing life expectancy by one year. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of major causes of death on the life expectancy of the Chinese people between 1950 and 2010 and predict changing trends to identify major issues requiring future attention.

Methods

A continuous database organised by population and death data on diseases by age group between 1950 and 2010 were created from A Province in Eastern China. The diseases were classified into four categories by the International Classification of Diseases-10 (ICD-10): infectious and parasitic diseases, chronic diseases, accidental injuries, and maternal diseases. Potential gains in life expectancy (PGLEs) were applied to reflect the impact on life expectancy caused by deaths from various diseases, by using the cause-eliminated life table.

Results

The PGLEs of infectious and parasitic diseases decreased from 15.59 years in 1950, to 0.07 year in 2010, and have remained low since 2000. However, the PGLEs of chronic diseases increased from 8.70 years in 1950, to 13.36 years in 2010, and indicated an increasing future trend. The two opposite trends exhibited a ‘scissors-like difference’. The proportion of accidental injuries and maternal diseases in the death spectrum was low. The PGLEs of accidental injuries decreased from 2.95 years in 1950, to 0.86 year in 2010, maintaining a low level, while the PGLEs of maternal diseases dropped from 0.56 to 0.002 year during the same period, approaching zero.

Conclusions

The findings of this study provide useful information, which could contribute to a more effective allocation of public health programmes. In recent years, chronic diseases and accidental injuries have emerged as major factors influencing life expectancy. Primary and secondary prevention actions, such as public education, modification of behaviours, and introduction of safety measures should be emphasised in efforts to promote life expectancy. The morbidity and mortality rates of infectious, parasitic, and maternal diseases should be maintained at low levels.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Liu et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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