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Effect of healthcare on mortality: trends in avoidable mortality in Umbria, Italy, 1994-2009
Fabrizio Stracci1, Fortunato Bianconi, Giuseppe Michele Masanotti
1Dipartimento di Specialità Medico Chirurgiche e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy. fabs@unipg.it
Objective:
Avoidable mortality trends over the period 1994-2009 were calculated to evaluate health intervention by the health system of Umbria, a region of central Italy.
Materials And Methods:
Mortality data were supplied by the regional causes of death registry. Rates were standardized to the 2001 census Italian population. Joinpoint regression was used to analyze the trends.
Results:
Overall avoidable mortality rates decreased significantly both in males (-3.9% per year) and in females (-3.6% per year). Mortality rates from ischemic heart and cerebrovascular disease about halved in the study period in both sexes. Avoidable mortality increased slightly only for a few causes (e.g. lung cancer in females).
Conclusion:
The overall trend of avoidable mortality indicates that the regional health/ preventive system is performing well.
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