Trends of Asthma Mortality in Galicia from 1993 to 2007
| Autor: | A. Puga, Francisco-Javier González-Barcala, J Aboal, Luis Valdés, Esther San-José, M Pintos, Jose-Martín Carreira, María Xosé Rodríguez-Álvarez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male Risk Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Names of the days of the week Young Adult Sex Factors medicine Asthma mortality Humans Immunology and Allergy Young adult Child Aged Asthma Cause of death Aged 80 and over business.industry Age Factors Middle Aged medicine.disease Socioeconomic Factors Spain Mortality data Child Preschool Relative risk Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Seasons Death certificate business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Asthma. 49:1016-1020 |
| ISSN: | 1532-4303 0277-0903 |
| Popis: | In the past few years, deaths due to asthma appear to decrease at least in Western countries; but there are significant variations between populations. The aim of this study is to describe the trends in deaths due to asthma between 1993 and 2007 in our community and to analyze any factors associated with this.All cases, which had asthma as a cause of death, were included in the study. The mortality data were obtained from the official death certificate from the Deaths Register. Mortality relative risk, based on the calendar year, sociodemographic variables (age and gender), seasons, and days of the week, were estimated using a Poisson generalized linear model with a log-link.In the 15 years of the study period, a total of 1180 people had died due to asthma, mainly in winter (34.5%), women (64.5%), and advanced age (65 years or above; 84.6%). A tendency of decreased mortality in all age groups was observed during the period of the study, which was significant in both the sexes in the 35- to 64-year-old age group, and in males above 65 years.Death due to asthma is changing favorably in our community, with a tendency to decrease in the past few years. Advanced age, being female, and the winter period are associated with a higher mortality rate due to asthma. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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