Causes-of-Death Specific Estimates from Synthetic Health Measure: A Methodological Framework

Data Watch: Top 10 Causes of Death for People Aged 15–24 Years

Pediatric News ◽

10.1016/s0031-398x(08)70014-6 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 42 (1) ◽

pp. 18

Keyword(s):

Causes Of Death

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785 Causes of death on heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure Supplements ◽

10.1016/s1567-4215(06)80536-9 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 188-189

Author(s):

M ANASTASIU ◽

C MIHAI ◽

C CALTEA ◽

C SINESCU

Keyword(s):

Heart Failure ◽

Causes Of Death

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A Reassessment of Suicide Measurement

Crisis ◽

10.1027/0227-5910.30.1.6 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 6-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

D.P. Doessel ◽

Ruth F.G. Williams ◽

Harvey Whiteford

Keyword(s):

Causes Of Death ◽

Motor Vehicle ◽

Years Of Life Lost ◽

Health Prevention ◽

Prevention Strategies ◽

Vehicle Accidents ◽

The Social ◽

Evaluation Exercise ◽

Two Measures ◽

Circulatory Diseases

Background. Concern with suicide measurement is a positive, albeit relatively recent, development. A concern with the social loss from suicide requires careful attention to appropriately measuring the phenomenon. This paper applies two different methods of measuring suicide data: the conventional age-standardized suicide (count) rate; and the alternative rate, the potential years of life lost (PYLL) rate. Aims. The purpose of applying these two measures is to place suicide in Queensland in a historical and comparative (relative to other causes of death) perspective. Methods. Both measures are applied to suicide data for Queensland since 1920. These measures are applied also to two largish causes of death and two smaller causes of death, i.e., circulatory diseases, cancers, motor vehicle accidents, suicide. Results. The two measures generate quite different pictures of suicide in Queensland: Using the PYLL measure, suicide is a quantitatively larger issue than is indicated by the count measure. Conclusions. The PYLL measure is the more appropriate measure for evaluation exercise of public health prevention strategies. This is because the PYLL measure is weighted by years of life lost and, thus, it incorporates more information than the count measure which implicitly weights each death with a somewhat partial value, viz. unity.

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