Estimating Potential Gain in Life Expectancy by Eliminating Causes of Death in Iran, 2010
Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Background and purpose: Mortality is a natural and critical event and alway s has been intentioned as a biological, demographic, social and economic phenomenon. One of the dimensions of mortality reviewing is checking causes of death and determining life expec tancy. Some causes of death lead to severe reductio n in life expectancy. In this survey, the value of gain in li fe expectancy of 28 provinces in Iran was estimated after elimination of each death cause. Materials and methods: This study was based upon number of deaths in 2010 in Iran except two Tehran and Isfahan Provinces which was prepared by the ministr y of health, treatment and medical education. Results: The importance of causes of death was determined using multiple decrement life tables which are based on theory of competing risks and effect of ca use elimination on the gain in life expectancy. All the calculations in this survey were done by SAS version 9.1. Uninte ntional injuries and cardiovascular diseases were t he most important risks for men. Elimination of unintention al injuries and cardiovascular diseases lead to 2.1 7 and 1.23 years gain in life expectancy at birth for men. And for w omen, cardiovascular diseases were the most important risks so that elimination of the risks leads to 1.23 years g ain in life expectancy at birth . Conclusion: Gain in life expectancy was different for causes o f death and age groups. Elimination of cardiovascular diseases and events leads to most ye ars gain in life expectancy.
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2117739251