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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Changes and Variations in Death Due to Senility in Japan.

Masaki Bando, Nobuyuki Miyatake, Hiroaki Kataoka, Hiroshi Kinoshita, Naoko Tanaka, Hiromi Suzuki, Akihiko Katayama

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Masaki BandoDepartment of Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan.
Nobuyuki MiyatakeDepartment of Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan.
Hiroaki KataokaDepartment of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Okayama Healthcare Professional University, Okayama 700-0913, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4686-4678
Hiroshi KinoshitaDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan.
Naoko TanakaDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan.
Hiromi SuzukiDepartment of Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3891-4855
Akihiko KatayamaFaculty of Social Studies, Shikokugakuin University, Zentsuji City 765-0013, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe proportion of elderly individuals (≥65 years old) in Japan has markedly increased. However, the definition of senility in Japan is controversial. The aim of the present study was to investigate changes and variations in the number of deaths due to senility in Japan.

methodsInformation on the number of deaths due to senility between 1995 and 2018 as well as other major causes of death was obtained from the Statistics Bureau of Japan official website. Changes and variations in the number of deaths due to senility were compared with other major causes of death in Japan. The relationships between the number of deaths due to senility and socioeconomic factors were also examined in an ecological study.

resultsThe number of deaths due to senility was 35.7 ± 23.2/one hundred thousand people/year during the observation period and has continued to increase. A change point was identified in 2004 by a Jointpoint regression analysis. Variations in the number of deaths due to senility, which were evaluated by a coefficient of variation, were significantly greater than those due to other major causes of death, i.e., malignant neoplasm, heart diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, and pneumonia. The number of elderly individuals (≥65 years old) (%) and medical bills per elderly subject (≥75 years old) correlated with the number of deaths due to senility.

conclusionThe number of deaths due to senility has been increasing, particularly since 2004. However, variations in the number of deaths due to senility were observed among all prefectures in Japan.

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coefficient of variationJointpoint analysissenility

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