Benchmarking life expectancy and cancer mortality: global comparison with cardiovascular disease 1981-2010.

ABSTRACT: Objective To quantify the impact of cancer (all cancers combined and major sites) compared with cardiovascular disease (CVD) on longevity worldwide during 1981-2010.Design Retrospective demographic analysis using aggregated data.Setting National civil registration systems in member states of the World Health Organization.Participants 52 populations with moderate to high quality data on cause specific mortality.Main outcome measures Disease specific contributions to changes in life expectancy in ages 40-84 (LE_40-84) over time in populations grouped by two levels of Human Development Index (HDI) values.Results Declining CVD mortality rates during 1981-2010 contributed to, on average, over half of the gains in LE_40-84; the corres

SUBMITTER: Cao B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5477919 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature