Population ageing and mortality during 1990-2017: A global decomposition analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the number of older people globally increases, health systems need to be reformed to meet the growing need for medical resources. A few previous studies reported varying health impacts of population ageing, but they focused only on limited countries and diseases. We comprehensively quantify the impact of population ageing on mortality for 195 countries/territories and 169 causes of death.

Methods and findings

Using data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (GBD 2017), this study derived the total number of deaths and population size for each year from 1990 to 2017. A decomposition method was used to attribute changes in total deaths to population growth, population ageing, and mortality change between 1990 and each subsequent year from 1991 through 2017

SUBMITTER: Cheng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7279585 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature