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Comprehensive Autopsy Program for Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis
Published on: July 19, 2019
まとめ
生命統計は,高齢者の死亡の原因を誤って表している. 解剖結果によると,老化それ自体,または老化は,高齢者の死亡の主な原因であることを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- ゲロントロジーと老年医学
- バイオメディカル統計と疫学
- 病理学と法医学について
背景:
- 公式の死亡記録 (Vital Statistics) は,心臓病,脳卒中,肺炎,がんなどの高齢者の死亡の一般的な原因を示しています.
- 既存のデータは,平均寿命における人口格差を示唆しており,白人男性と非白人集団は,白人女性と比較してより早い死亡率を経験しています.
- 高齢者のための現在の重要な統計は,診断が決定的でないことと,死因の基準が厳格でないことを認めているため,潜在的に誤解を招く可能性があると考えられています.
研究 の 目的:
- 高齢者における報告された死因の正確性を批判的に評価する.
- 死亡の主な原因としての老化プロセスそのものの役割を調査する.
- 衰老を別々の病気と死因として再分類することを提案する.
主な方法:
- 異なる人口集団における死因に関する公式生命統計データの分析.
- 85歳以上の200人の検死結果のレビュー.
- 年齢層と年少層の死亡原因に関する診断基準の比較分析.
主要な成果:
- 85歳以上の人の解剖結果は,少なくとも30%の症例で,老化症候群に関連する合併症以外の決定的な死因を特定することができなかったことを明らかにしました.
- 生命統計で報告された死因と,非常に古い人の死後の検診の結果との間に大きな不一致がある.
- 医者は,年配者の死亡の原因として,若者にとっては受け入れがたいと考えられる原因をしばしば認め,報告における潜在的なバイアスを強調しています.
結論:
- 高齢者の死亡率に関するVital Statisticsのデータは,決定的な診断基準の欠如と老化プロセスの過小評価のために,潜在的に誤解を招く可能性があります.
- 老化 (老化) は,生理機能の漸進的な低下によって特徴づけられ,個人は軽微な侮辱から致命的な結果に敏感になります.
- 衰老を病気として正式に認め,正当な死因として受け入れることを提案しています.
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