Avoidable deaths in Sweden, 1997-2018: temporal trend and the contribution to the gender gap in life expectancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Avoidable mortality is considered as a potential indicator of the influences of public health policies and healthcare quality on population health. This study aimed to examine the trend in avoidable mortality and its influence on rising life expectancy (LE) and declining gender gap in LE (GGLE) in Sweden.

Methods

We extracted data on causes of death by age, sex, and year from national registry from 1997 to 2018. The UK Office for National Statistics definition was used to divide causes of death into five mutually exclusive categories: amenable, preventable, amenable & preventable, ischemic heart disease (IHD), and non-avoidable causes. We applied Joinpoint regression to analyse temporal trends in age-standardized mortality rates. The Arriaga method was applied to

SUBMITTER: Kiadaliri A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7968161 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature