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Table 1 Age-standardized amenable mortality rate for 100,000 population aged 25-74, proportion of total amenable mortality (years 1992-93 and 2002-03) and average annual changes (%)

From: Socioeconomic differences in mortality amenable to health care among Finnish adults 1992-2003: 12 year follow up using individual level linked population register data

 

1992-93

2002-03

Average annual change

 

avg number of deaths per year

Mortality rate

% of total amenable mortality

avg number of deaths per year

Mortality rate

Amenable mortality

%

95%CI

Men

All cause mortality

14038

990

 

12512

739

 

-2.8

( -3.0 - -2.7)

Total disease mortality

11557

828

 

10395

611

 

-3.0

( -3.1 - -2.8)

Total amenable mortality

2032

144

100

1678

99

100

-3.6

( -4.0 - -3.2)

Primary prevention

0

0

0.1

0

0

 

*

 

Early detection and intervention

1358

97

67.7

1137

67

67.6

-3.7

( -4.2 - -3.3)

- tuberculosis

40

3

2.0

18

1

1.0

-10.0**

(-13.1 - -6.9)

- malignant neoplasm

273

20

13.7

289

17

17.2

-1.3

( -2.2 - -0.3)

- hypertension and cerebrovascular disease

1046

75

52.0

831

49

49.3

-4.3

( -4.8 - -3.8)

Improved treatment and medical care

674

46

32.3

541

32

32.4

-3.3

( -3.9 - -2.6)

- Predominantly primary care

105

6

4.4

84

5

5.1

-1.3

( -3.1 - 0.4)

- Predominantly specialist care

569

40

27.9

457

27

27.3

-3.6

( -4.3 - -2.9)

Ischaemic heart disease

4188

303

 

2926

172

 

-5.6

( -5.9 - -5.3)

Women

All cause mortality

7571

420

 

6207

324

 

-2.6

( -2.8 - -2.4)

Total disease mortality

6873

377

 

5599

289

 

-2.6

( -2.8 - -2.4)

Total amenable mortality

2040

114

100

1587

83

100

-3.1

( -3.5 - -2.7)

Primary prevention

0

0

 

0

0

 

*

 

Early detection and intervention

1653

93

81.4

1320

69

83.0

-3.0

( -3.5 - -2.6)

- tuberculosis

22

1

1.0

9

0

0.5

-6.7**

(-10.7 - -2.7)

- malignant neoplasm

782

47

40.8

756

40

48.7

-1.0

( -1.6 - -0.4)

- Hypertension and cerebrovascular disease

849

45

39.6

556

28

33.8

-5.4

( -6.0 - -4.7)

Improved treatment and medical care

387

21

18.6

267

14

17.0

-3.2

( -4.1 - -2.3)

- Predominantly primary care

49

3

2.6

43

3

3.1

-1.1

( -3.5 - 1.3)

- Predominantly specialist care

338

18

15.9

224

12

13.9

-3.5

( -4.5 - -2.6)

Ischaemic heart disease

1573

80

 

844

41

 

-6.8

( -7.3 - -6.4)

  1. * Due to small numbers RRs were not estimated.
  2. ** Due to few deaths in younger age bands 25-44 years old were combined into one age-group for RR estimates.