Patterns and changes in life expectancy in China, 1990-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To achieve the goal of "healthy China 2030", reasonable health policies must be developed based on the changes of death spectrum. We aim to investigate the temporal patterns of life expectancy (LE) and age/cause-specific contributions from 1990 to 2016.

Methods

Joinpoint regression model was used with Arriaga's decomposition method.

Results

LE in China has reached to 76.3 years in 2016 with an increase of 9.44 years from 1990. From 1990 to 2002, a remarkable reduction in infant mortality accounted for an increase of 1.27 years (35.39%) to LE which mainly resulted from diarrhea, lower respiratory, and other common infectious diseases (1.00 years, 27.79%). After 2002, those aged 65+ years contributed most to increased LE and the most prominent causes included

SUBMITTER: Chen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7112202 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature