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[National burden of disease of urinary organs--an epidemiological consideration]
1Institute of Preventive Oncology, Tokyo.
Insights
Urinary organ diseases, including cancers and kidney insufficiency, are a growing public health concern in Japan. Identifying risk factors like smoking and diet is crucial for developing effective prevention strategies.
Area of Science:
- Urology
- Public Health
- Epidemiology
Context:
- Diseases of the urinary organs represent a significant public health issue, contributing to mortality, morbidity, and disability.
- In Japan, from 1979 to 1984, over 82,000 deaths were attributed to urinary organ diseases.
- Cancers of the prostate, urinary bladder, and kidney, along with kidney insufficiency, show increasing mortality rates.
Purpose:
- To highlight the public health importance of urinary organ diseases.
- To present mortality statistics for urinary organ diseases in Japan.
- To identify key risk factors associated with specific urinary organ diseases.
Summary:
- Mortality from urinary organ diseases, including prostate, bladder, and kidney cancers, and kidney insufficiency, is increasing in Japan.
- Epidemiological studies have identified risk factors such as cigarette smoking and meat intake for bladder cancer.
- Prostate cancer is linked to hard liquor consumption and low intake of green-yellow vegetables, while chronic nephritis is associated with reduced soybean paste soup consumption.
Impact:
- These findings underscore the substantial burden of urinary organ diseases on national health.
- Effective primary and secondary prevention programs are urgently needed to mitigate the impact of these diseases.
- Understanding risk factors is essential for targeted public health interventions and policy development.
Abstract:
Diseases of urinary organs are quite important from the standpoint of public health as the frequent cause of death, disease, defect, disability, discomfort, dissatisfaction and destitution (7D). From 1979 to 1984, 82,071 persons died from diseases of urinary organs in Japan. Of these 14.4, 11.9 and 8.5% were deaths from cancers of prostate, urinary bladder and kidney, respectively. Mortality from these diseases, is on the increase in recent years. Deaths due to kidney insufficiency, both acute and chronic, are also on the increase. Series of epidemiological studies revealed selected risk factors enhancing the risk of occurrence of each of these diseases, e.g., cigarette smoking and meat intake for bladder cancer, drinking of hard liquor and lesser consumption of green-yellow vegetables for prostatic cancer, lesser consumption of soybean paste soup for chronic nephritis. Obviously these diseases are a heavy burden to the nation, the effective planning and implementation of primary and secondary prevention programs are urgently necessary.