Death causes of residents in Jinhua city in Zhejiang province,2008

Objective To analyze the health status and deaths caused by major diseases of the residents in Jinhua,and provide scientific evidence for the development of health regulation and disease prevention and control strategy. Methods The analysis was conducted on the data of resident death and demography surveillance in 2008 in Jinhua. The death causes were classified according to International Classification of Diseases,10th edition (ICD-10). The standardization of mortality was conducted on the basis of the age constituent of national population census in 2000, and the rates of years of potential life lost (YPLL) of diseases were calculated. Results The crude mortality of the residents was 647.26/lakh in 2008, the standardized mortality was 393.05/lakh and the male to female ratio of the deaths was 1.34 ∶ 1. The first five death causes were malignant tumor (167.31/lakh), cerebrovascular disease (124.98/lakh), respiratory diseases (105.01/lakh),injury/poisoning (80.27/lakh) and heart disease (68.19/lakh). YPLL analysis showed that malignant tumor, injury/poisoning and cerebrovascular disease were the major factors to reduce life expectancy of residents in Jinhua. Conclusion Chronic non-communicable diseases and injury/poisoning have become the serious risk factors to affect the health of the residents in Jinhua.It is necessary to carry out health education and health promotion to strengthen self-care awareness of the residents and reduce the incidence of chronic disease and poisoning.