Trends in the major causes of death in China, 1982–2010.pdfVIP

Chinese Medical Journal 2014;127 (4) 777 Perspective Trends in the major causes of death in China, 1982–2010 Lian Zuping, Xie Youke, Lu Yunxin, Huang Dingping and Shi Huanzhong Keywords: causes of death; mortality; cancer ince the introduction of a series of reform and open detailed description of the DSP system has been provided Spolicies in its economic system in 1976, China has 4 elsewhere by Yang et al. Several studies have verified that been in a boom period of social and economic fields. Rapid the ascertainment of cause of death is reasonably reliable development in economy and the consequent improvement by this system.5-7 In each DSP site, there is at least one in living conditions, nutrition, and health care help to township hospital, and the “Department of Prevention decrease infant mortality and deaths from infectious and Health” in these hospitals is responsible for vital diseases, and notably effected the patterns of mortality. For registration according to the guidelines for surveillance.8 example, respiratory diseases, acute infectious diseases, and In urban areas, almost half of all deaths occur in hospitals, tuberculosis were the leading causes of death in 1957, while and there are standard protocols for death registration. For diseases of heart, cerebrovascular disease, and malignant people who die at home, the attending physician issues a neoplasm were the fifth, sixth, and seventh leading causes medical certificate of cause of death, in compliance with 1 of death. Up to 1975, cerebrovascular diseases, diseases the registration protoc