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ArticleBMC public health2020

Age-standardized mortality, disability-adjusted life-years and healthy life expectancy in different cultural regions of Guangdong, China: a population-based study of 2005-2015.

Xue-Yan Zheng, Xiao-Jun Xu, Yi-Yang Liu, Yan-Jun Xu, Si-Xing Pan, Xin-Ying Zeng, Qian Yi, Ni Xiao, Li-Feng Lin

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Article in BMC public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Xue-Yan ZhengInstitute of Non-Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control And Prevention, 160 Qunxian Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Xiao-Jun XuInstitute of Non-Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control And Prevention, 160 Qunxian Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Yi-Yang LiuInstitute of Non-Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control And Prevention, 160 Qunxian Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Yan-Jun XuInstitute of Non-Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control And Prevention, 160 Qunxian Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Si-Xing PanInstitute of Non-Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control And Prevention, 160 Qunxian Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Xin-Ying ZengNational Center for Chronic and Non-Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Qian YiInstitute of Non-Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control And Prevention, 160 Qunxian Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Ni XiaoInstitute of Non-Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control And Prevention, 160 Qunxian Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Li-Feng LinInstitute of Non-Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control And Prevention, 160 Qunxian Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. 1396320174@qq.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGuangdong province is dominated by three cultural regions: Canton, Hakka and Hoklo. However, little is known about the disease burden within these regions, particularly because different population,environmental and socioeconomic risk factors might cause different patterns of mortality, disability-adjusted life-years (DALY), life expectancy and healthy life expectancy (HALE). We aimed to compare the patterns of disease burden in Canton, Hakka and Hoklo regions between 2005 and 2015.

methodWe calculated the mortality, YLL, YLD for 116 diseases for different cultural regions between 2005 and 2015. We calculated the DALYs for 116 causes as the sum of YLLs and YLDs. We estimated the life expectancy and HALE by using sex-specific mortality rates and YLDs for the three cultural regions.

resultsWith a respective reduction of 22.3, 15.8 and 17.8% in 2015 compared with 2005, the age-standardized DALY rates in 2015 was 19,988.0, 14,396.5 and 20,436.6 in Hakka, Canton and Hoklo region. Canton region had a significantly lower mortality and DALYs in most diseases, followed by Hoklo and Hakka regions. The life expectancy and HALE at birth were highest in Canton region in both 2005 and 2015, than in Hoklo and Hakka region.

conclusionsOur findings call for improved public health care via the refinement of policy and effective measures for disease prevention. Understanding the environmental and culture-related risk factors of diseases in Hoklo and Hakka regions may help inform public health sectors to reduce the disease burden and the between-region inequality.

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Quality-Adjusted Life YearsAdultAgedChinaCross-Cultural ComparisonEthnicityFemaleGlobal Burden of DiseaseHealth StatusHumansLife ExpectancyMaleMiddle AgedMortalityPersons with DisabilitiesRisk FactorsBurden of diseaseCultural regionsDisability-adjusted life-yearsGuangdongHealthy life expectancyMortality

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