Epidemiological Analysis On The Death Causes Of Population In Jiyuan City

Objective: To analyze the death causes, secular trend and the related influencing factors of the population in Jiyuan city, Henan province, so that to provide the scientific foundation for more effective decision making of health service in this area.Methods: Descriptive epidemiological methods wereemployed for this study. Data used for analysis were collected by the "Residents' Causes of Death Report System" during the years from 1987 to 2002. And all of the data were analyzed with SAS 6.12 software.Results: Great changes had taken place in the spectrum of causes of death and the influencing factors of population health during the years from 1987 to 2002. The death rates of non-communicable diseases had been gradually increasing and become the major threats to human health. The malignant neoplasms, cerebro-vascular disease, heart disease, injury and poisoning and diseases of the respiratory system were taken out of 80% of total deaths. Cerebro-vascular disease and heart disease were the main causes of death among the elderly. Malignant neoplasms were the main causes of death among the middle-aged and the elderly. Infants and the elderly were mainly endangered by the diseases of the respiratory system. Adolescents and the elderly were mainly endangered by hjury and poisoning. The mortality rates of stomach neoplasm andesophageal neoplasm had been gradually decreasing, but the mortality rates of liver cancer and lung cancer increased obviously. The mortality rates of cardievascular and cerebro-vascular diseases were kept at a high level. From 1987 to 2002,although there was a tendency of slight declining, the mortality rate of injury was the fourth cause of death in the population. Furthermore, the death rate of traffic accident had been increasing year after year and accounted for 50 percent of all the unintentional injury mortality. The death rates of diseases of the respiratory system increased rapidly, which it was the sixth death cause in the year of 1987 and it become the fourth causes of death in the year of 2002.Conclusion: Different intervention strategy and measures should be taken based on major death causes ofdisease, target population and the main influence factors in disease prevention and health promotion in this area.