全球模式和疾病异质性的驱动因素在老龄化人口中
Chengcheng Jin1, Jialian Chen1, Jinqiong Fang1
1The First People's Hospital of Xiaoshan District Xiaoshan Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University Zhejiang China.
GeoHealth
|June 17, 2025
概括
在老龄化人口中,全球疾病模式显示出显著的地理和时间差异. 医疗保健战略必须解决社会经济和环境因素,以减少与年龄有关的疾病的健康差异.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 人口老龄化对全球医疗保健系统构成复杂的挑战.
- 了解与年龄相关的疾病患病率的多样性对于公共卫生至关重要.
- 在老年人中,疾病分布存在显著的地理和时间差异.
研究的目的:
- 量化与年龄有关的疾病分布的全球异质性.
- 分析随着时间的推移疾病异质性的趋势和影响因素.
- 为解决老龄化人口健康不平等问题的公共卫生战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 使用了85种与年龄相关的疾病的流行数据.
- 使用香农多样性指数 (SHDI) 计算全球疾病异质性.
- 分析了SHDI的地理,时间和人口变化,考虑了社会经济和环境因素.
主要成果:
- 观察到SHDI的显著地理差异,高收入西方国家价值较高,南亚和大洋洲价值较低.
- 在老年人群中 (≥60岁) 的SHDI在2021年在欧洲和北美高于大洋洲.
- 全球SHDI从1990年到2021年非线性下降,社会经济因素显著影响变化,环境因素显示性别特异差异.
结论:
- 与年龄有关的疾病的地理和时间异质性需要定制的公共卫生干预措施.
- 社会经济和环境决定因素在塑造老年人疾病不平等方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 专注于减少健康差异和解决决定因素的综合战略对于老龄化人口的有效医疗保健至关重要.
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