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Comparative Study
UK and western European late-age mortality: trends in cause-specific death rates, 1960-1990.
- A M Warnes.
- Center for Ageing and Rehabilitation Studies, Northern General Hospital, University of Sheffield, UK.
- Health Place. 1999 Mar 1;5(1):111-8.
AbstractAge, sex and cause-specific death rates for the elderly population of 16 western European countries are examined for 1960, 1970, 1980 and 1990. Over the 30 years, the all-cause rates have fallen by around 23-41% depending on age and sex. Mortality from stroke has declined substantially and from cardiovascular disorders has recently fallen, but cancer health rates have increased among men. A comparison of the UK death rates with the west European and Swiss rates finds relative improvement in the UK for male mortality, but that female mortality at the younger ages has worsened sharply. Cardiovascular and stroke mortality is now exceptionally high in the UK among females aged 60-64 years and the 1980s trends for the 60-64 and 70-74 years age groups were unfavourable for several other causes of death.
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