Respiratory disease mortality in the United Kingdom compared with EU15+ countries in 1985-2015: observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare age standardised death rates for respiratory disease mortality between the United Kingdom and other countries with similar health system performance.

Design

Observational study.

Setting

World Health Organization Mortality Database, 1985-2015.

Participants

Residents of the UK, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Australia, Canada, the United States, and Norway (also known as EU15+ countries).

Main outcome measures

Mortality from all respiratory disease and infectious, neoplastic, interstitial, obstructive, and other respiratory disease. Differences between countries were tested over time by mixed effect regression models, and trends in subca

SUBMITTER: Salciccioli JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6259045 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature