Temporal trends in cause-specific mortality in a rural-provincial area of Denmark, Lolland-Falster, 1970-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

In Denmark, rural-provincial Lolland-Falster currently has the highest mortality, caused mainly by the high mortality of in-migrating people. To identify possible preventive measures to combat this excess mortality insight into the underlying diseases is needed.

Methods

We used data from Danish registers to calculate cause-specific mortality for 1970-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-1999, 2000-2009 and 2010-2018 divided into cancer, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, external causes and other causes (all remaining causes). We calculated age-standardised mortality rates for Lolland-Falster and the rest of Denmark: mortality rate ratios and excess number of deaths per 100,000 person-years for Lolland-Falster distinguishing between long-term residents (10+ years) and in-mi

SUBMITTER: Holmager TLF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10350719 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature