The Analytic Study On The Death Causes Of Residents In Ma'anshan Of Anhui Province Through 1987 To 2001

Statistical data of death causes are important information resources of social health, which reveal the static characteristics and dynamic trends of diseases and death as well as changes in the spectrum of diseases and that of the death causes and objectively reflect the residents' overall physical health state, providing a major reference for health decisions and disease control and prevention. This analytic study on the death causes is based on the Annual Report on Death Causes of Residents' Diseases and Injuries of Ma'anshan City, Anhui through 1987 to 2001 combined with other relevant background information, further utilizing the statistics of death causes of the above mentioned 15 years to analyze the characteristics of the residents' death cauese in this city in terms of the demographic size, composition and changes, characteristics of deaths, changes in the spectrum of death causes, the composition of leading death causes, changes of the mortality rate as well as changes of the population's life expectancy. The data have indicated that chronic non - communicable diseases are the main cause to the death of this city's residents, which range from malignant tumor, cerebrovascular disease, heart disease, diseases of the respiratory system to injuries and poisoning. With the continu ous rise of the residents' living standard, changing lifestyle, extension of life expectancy, accelaration of the popuation's aging and effective control of infectious diseases, chronic non - communicable diseases have become a significant public bealth problem drawing much attention. The author raises the following suggestions according to the results of his analytic study: 1 To control the work quality through further consolidating and improving the registration and reporting system of birth and mortality; 2. To strengthen the surveillance of such chronic diseases as malignant tumor, cerebrovascular disease, injuries and poisoning, probe the causes and main risk factors in order to realize an effective intervention, cany out the short - and long - term effect evaluation and ad-just health policies; 3. To emphasize health education--the important means in modern disease prevention , which is to he considerd a health investment behavior; 4. To establish and perfect the network of community health service, promote and develop the community health service's functions in such fields as prevention, medical treatment, health care, rehabilitation, health education and technical services in family planning; 5. To be well prepared, mentally and materially, to handle the challenge of the aging population and threat imposed by chronic nan - communicable diseases.