アメリカ合衆国における9つの慢性疾患による過剰死亡,1986年
R A Hahn1, S M Teutsch, R B Rothenberg
1Division of Surveillance and Epidemiologic Studies, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.
JAMA
|November 28, 1990
まとめ
米国における慢性疾患の死亡率は著しく増加しており,リスク因子を減らすことで4年間の平均寿命が伸びる可能性がある. この研究では,主要な慢性疾患による予防可能な死亡を定量化しています.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- 予防医学は,予防的な医療です.
背景:
- 慢性疾患は,米国における公衆衛生上の重大な負担を担っています.
- 各州間の死亡率の変動は,改善の可能性を示唆しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 米国の9つの主要な慢性疾患による過剰死亡率を定量化するために.
- リスク因子を排除することによって,死亡率の潜在的減少と寿命の伸びを推定する.
主な方法:
- 1986年の9つの慢性疾患の年齢調整による死亡率を分析した.
- 割合は,州別最低値と,リスク因子を排除した後の理論的最低値と比較した.
主要な成果:
- 州レベルの過剰死亡率は,最も低い州率と比較して0%から37%の範囲でした.
- 病気ごとに1つのリスクファクターを排除することで,死亡率を26%~54%減少させ,毎年推定52万4000人の死亡を防ぐことができる.
- この最低値を達成すると,平均寿命が4年伸びる可能性があります.
結論:
- 慢性疾患による過度の死亡率が米国に存在し,改善の余地があることを強調しています.
- 標的を絞ったリスク因子削減は,慢性疾患による死亡率を低減し,人口の健康を改善するための強力な戦略です.
- 危険因子改変に焦点を当てた公衆衛生の介入は,平均寿命の大幅な増加の可能性を秘めています.
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