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The burden of premature mortality in Spain using standard expected years of life lost: a population-based study

BACKGROUND: Measures of premature mortality have been used to guide debates on future health priorities and to monitor the population health status. Standard expected years of life lost (SEYLL) is one of the methods used to assess the time lost due to premature death. This article affords an overvie...

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Autores principales: Gènova-Maleras, Ricard, Catalá-López, Ferrán, de Larrea-Baz, Nerea Fernández, Álvarez-Martín, Elena, Morant-Ginestar, Consuelo
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3208248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21989453
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-787
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author Gènova-Maleras, Ricard
Catalá-López, Ferrán
de Larrea-Baz, Nerea Fernández
Álvarez-Martín, Elena
Morant-Ginestar, Consuelo
author_facet Gènova-Maleras, Ricard
Catalá-López, Ferrán
de Larrea-Baz, Nerea Fernández
Álvarez-Martín, Elena
Morant-Ginestar, Consuelo
author_sort Gènova-Maleras, Ricard
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description BACKGROUND: Measures of premature mortality have been used to guide debates on future health priorities and to monitor the population health status. Standard expected years of life lost (SEYLL) is one of the methods used to assess the time lost due to premature death. This article affords an overview of premature mortality in Spain for the year 2008. METHODS: A population-based study was conducted estimating SEYLL by sex and age groups. SEYLL, a key component of the disability-adjusted life years measure of disease burden, was calculated using Princeton West standard life tables with life expectancy at birth fixed at 80 years for males and 82.5 years for females. Population data and specific death records were obtained from the official registers of the National Institute of Statistics. All data were analysed and prepared in GesMor and Epidat software packages. RESULTS: The burden of premature mortality was estimated at 2.1 million SEYLL when age at death is taken into account. Males lost 60.9% and females lost 39.1% of total SEYLL. Malignant tumors (34.5%) and cardiovascular diseases (24.0%) were the leading categories in terms of SEYLL. Ischaemic heart disease (8.5%) and lung cancers (8.0%) were the most common specific causes of SEYLL followed by cerebrovascular diseases (5.9%), colorectal cancer (4.1%), road traffic accidents (3.5%), Alzheimer and other dementias (2.9%), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2.8%), breast cancer (2.8%) and suicides (2.6%). CONCLUSIONS: In Spain, premature mortality was essentially due to chronic non-communicable diseases. Data provided in this study are relevant for a more balanced health agenda aimed at reducing the burden of premature mortality. This study also represents a first step in estimating the overall burden of disease in terms of premature death and disability.
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spelling pubmed-32082482011-11-05 The burden of premature mortality in Spain using standard expected years of life lost: a population-based study Gènova-Maleras, Ricard Catalá-López, Ferrán de Larrea-Baz, Nerea Fernández Álvarez-Martín, Elena Morant-Ginestar, Consuelo BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Measures of premature mortality have been used to guide debates on future health priorities and to monitor the population health status. Standard expected years of life lost (SEYLL) is one of the methods used to assess the time lost due to premature death. This article affords an overview of premature mortality in Spain for the year 2008. METHODS: A population-based study was conducted estimating SEYLL by sex and age groups. SEYLL, a key component of the disability-adjusted life years measure of disease burden, was calculated using Princeton West standard life tables with life expectancy at birth fixed at 80 years for males and 82.5 years for females. Population data and specific death records were obtained from the official registers of the National Institute of Statistics. All data were analysed and prepared in GesMor and Epidat software packages. RESULTS: The burden of premature mortality was estimated at 2.1 million SEYLL when age at death is taken into account. Males lost 60.9% and females lost 39.1% of total SEYLL. Malignant tumors (34.5%) and cardiovascular diseases (24.0%) were the leading categories in terms of SEYLL. Ischaemic heart disease (8.5%) and lung cancers (8.0%) were the most common specific causes of SEYLL followed by cerebrovascular diseases (5.9%), colorectal cancer (4.1%), road traffic accidents (3.5%), Alzheimer and other dementias (2.9%), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2.8%), breast cancer (2.8%) and suicides (2.6%). CONCLUSIONS: In Spain, premature mortality was essentially due to chronic non-communicable diseases. Data provided in this study are relevant for a more balanced health agenda aimed at reducing the burden of premature mortality. This study also represents a first step in estimating the overall burden of disease in terms of premature death and disability. BioMed Central 2011-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3208248/ /pubmed/21989453 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-787 Text en Copyright ©2011 Gènova-Maleras et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Catalá-López, Ferrán
de Larrea-Baz, Nerea Fernández
Álvarez-Martín, Elena
Morant-Ginestar, Consuelo
The burden of premature mortality in Spain using standard expected years of life lost: a population-based study
title The burden of premature mortality in Spain using standard expected years of life lost: a population-based study
title_full The burden of premature mortality in Spain using standard expected years of life lost: a population-based study
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title_full_unstemmed The burden of premature mortality in Spain using standard expected years of life lost: a population-based study
title_short The burden of premature mortality in Spain using standard expected years of life lost: a population-based study
title_sort burden of premature mortality in spain using standard expected years of life lost: a population-based study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3208248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21989453
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-787
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