PMID: 9650342Jul 3, 1998Paper

Analysis of mortality trends in the West Bohemian Region in comparison with the entire Czech Republic 1988-1995

Casopís lékar̆ů c̆eských
O MayerJ Simon

Abstract

Unfavourable trends in Czech republic (CR) started in the sixties and peaked in the late eighties i.e. in years when a dramatic mortality fall was observed in most western european countries. So, CR belonged among those Eastern European countries in that total and cardiovascular mortality showed increasing and alarming trends. West Bohemia Region (WB) was characterised by the concentration of heavy industry and high environmental pollution. Because of its geographical position on the western frontier, it was generally restricted in capital investment in the past. We wondered whether these phenomenon were reflected in higher mortality rates than in the rest of CR and which changes occurred after the year 1989. We compared the age standardized mortality data from 1988, 91, 93 and 95 in CR and WB for total mortality, cardiovascular mortality, coronary heart disease, strokes, malignancies and respiratory diseases. Data were age-adjusted for "World Population Standards" and rates were given for 100,000 inhabitants. In the whole CR a significant decrease of total, cardiovascular and cancer mortality was observed from 1988 to 1995. In WB these trends were similar, however in comparison to the whole CR the mortality rates remained in e...Continue Reading

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