Prevalence of Noncommunicable Diseases in Japan Using a Newly Developed Administrative Claims Database Covering Young, Middle-aged, and Elderly People.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are an ongoing public health problem globally. The present study aimed to estimate the prevalence of NCDs in Japan using a newly developed, commercially available administrative claims database covering young, middle-aged, and elderly people.

Methods

We compared the age-stratified population distribution between the DeSC administrative claims database and the population estimates. We calculated the 1 year prevalence of several NCDs using the DeSC database and compared the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and hypertension between the DeSC database and the Japan National Health and Nutrition Survey.

Results

The age distribution of the population included in the DeSC database was similar to that of the population estimates. The

SUBMITTER: Okada A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9090547 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature