TITLE:
Death Characteristics of Neurological Diseases in Inner Mongolia between 2008 and 2015
AUTHORS:
Yujia Ma, Yonggang Qian, Zhiqiang Sun, Mingzhu Niu, Du Yu, Hongwei Li, Ruijie Wu, Ying Yang, Hairong Zhang, Xiaoling Sun, Qingxia Wang, Lei Jia, Jing Wen, Yu Feng, Maolin Du, Juan Sun
KEYWORDS:
Neurological Diseases, Mortality, Inner Mongolia
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Preventive Medicine,
Vol.9 No.3,
March
31,
2019
ABSTRACT: Background: There are no studies of death from neurological diseases found,
however, neurological diseases were the leading cause of disability-adjusted
life years in 2015 worldwide. Aim: The scientific aim of this study is to analyze
the death characteristics of neurological diseases in Inner Mongolia occurring
between 2008 and 2015. Methods: The data collected from Death Registry
System (DRS) were categorized by gender, ethnicity, age, and death location.
The subjects were divided into age groups for every 10 years from the
age of 20. Mortality and gender: age-specific mortality was calculated for
every 100,000 people from 2008 to 2015. Results: We found that Alzheimer’s
disease has the highest proportion which equated to over one-fifth of all neurological
diseases. Males displayed a higher mortality rate than females in all
neurological diseases. The neurological diseases mortality showed a total potential
year of life lost (PYLL) of about 20,151 years, and it was 2.03 times
higher for male than that for female. The average potential years of life lost
(APYLL) showed 17.72 years, and APYLL in males was 3.34 years longer than
in females. More than 60% of the deaths resulting from the neurological disease
occur at home for both males and females. Conclusion: Alzheimer disease
is the most serious disease of all neurological diseases, however, cerebral
palsy and epilepsy also displayed the highest loss of life for residents. Mortality
of neurological diseases was generally higher in males than in females, and
this increased with age.