Trends in cerebrovascular diseases mortality in Serbia, 1997-2016: a nationwide descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Over the last decades, mortality from cerebrovascular diseases (CVDs) has decreased in many countries. The aim of this study was to assess the trends of CVDs mortality in Serbia.

Methods

Descriptive epidemiological study. Age-standardised rates (ASRs) for CVDs mortality were assessed by joinpoint regression analysis to identify significant changes in trends and estimate annual per cent changes with 95% CI. The age-period-cohort analysis has been used to describe variations in mortality.

Results

Over this 20-year period, there were 312 847 deaths from CVDs, with the overall average annual ASR of 148.4 per 100 000. The trend of ASRs from CVDs mortality in males in Serbia showed a significant joinpoint: rates insignificantly decreased from 1997 to 2005 by -0.8

SUBMITTER: Ilic I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398636 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature