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Title: | Trends in mortality from major non-communicable diseases in the middle-aged population of Malta |
Authors: | Tuomilehto, J. Cacciottolo, Joseph M. Vassallo, A. Schranz, A. Nissinen, A. Grech, A. |
Keywords: | Mortality -- Malta Mortality -- Statistics Mortality -- Tables Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Mortality -- Malta Cancer -- Mortality -- Malta Diabetes -- Mortality -- Malta |
Issue Date: | 1988 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Masson |
Citation: | Tuomilehto, J., Cacciottolo, J., Vassallo, A., Schranz, A., Nissinen, A., & Grech, A. (1988). Trends in mortality from major non-communicable diseases in the middle-aged population of Malta. Revue D'epidemiologie et de Sante Publique, 36(3), 216-225. |
Abstract: | Trends in life expectancy and mortality from major non-communicable diseases in Malta were analyzed from the national vital statistics available. Most of the increased life expectancy during the 20th century in Malta took place between I 930 and 1960 and since then only a minor increase was observed. The peak in age standardized total mortality in men and women aged 40-69 years was during 1974-76. Total mortality in men was about 40 % higher than that of women. The proportion of deaths from major non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes) of all deaths increased during 1968-82. In 1983-84 in the age group 45-64 cardiovascular diseases accounted for 54 % of deaths in men and 43 % in women, cancer 27 % and 34 %, and diabetes 3 % and 1 I % in men and women, respectively. The international comparison of mortality data showed that mortality from both Cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes was clearly higher than in other European Mediterranean countries ranking among the highest in the whole Europe. Public health intervention programmes have initiated in Malta to reduce these high death rates in the future. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/92328 |
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