Different Development of Cardiovascular Mortality in Czech and Slovak Republics After the Partition of Czechoslovakia in 1993
Authors:
E. Ginter
Authors‘ workplace:
Ústav preventívnej a klinickej medicíny, Bratislava
Published in:
Čas. Lék. čes. 2001; : 624-628
Category:
Overview
Background.
Development of health status aimed on cardiovascular mortality of male and female population in Czech and Slovak republics after the partition of the common state between years 1993 and 1999 is compared.Methods and Results. Within the followed seven years the mean life expectancy at birth in Czech Republic (CR) linearly increased by 2.6 years in males (p=0.00001) and 1.9 years in females (p=0.0001). In Slovak Republic (SR) life expectancy increased in males only by 0.5 years and by 0.3 years in females (not significant). The main cause of such state is related to differences in cardiovascular mortality: standardised early cardiovascular mortality in age interval 0 do 64 years significantly lowered in males and females in both republics, the decrease being significantly higher in CR (p
Key words:
mean life expectancy, cardiovascular mortality rate, ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, nutrition, Romany population.
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Addictology Allergology and clinical immunology Angiology Audiology Clinical biochemistry Dermatology & STDs Paediatric gastroenterology Paediatric surgery Paediatric cardiology Paediatric neurology Paediatric ENT Paediatric psychiatry Paediatric rheumatology Diabetology Pharmacy Vascular surgery Pain managementArticle was published in
Journal of Czech Physicians
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