Gender differences in premature mortality for cardiovascular disease in India, 2017-18.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The present study tries to provide a comprehensive estimate of gender differences in the years of life lost due to CVD across the major states of India during 2017-18.

Methods

The information on the CVD related data were collected from medical certification of causes of death (MCCD reports, 2018). Apart from this, information from census of India (2001, 2011), SRS (2018) were also used to estimate YLL. To understand the variation in YLL due to CVD at the state level, nine sets of covariates were chosen: share of elderly population, percentage of urban population, literacy rate, health expenditure, social sector expenditure, labour force participation, HDI Score and co-existence of other NCDs such as diabetes, & obesity. The absolute number of YLL and YLL rates wer

SUBMITTER: Kundu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10035272 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature