Death cause surveillance in population in Zhongxiang, Hubei, 2013-2014

Objective To understand the death cause constituent and distribution in population in a longevity village in Zhongxiang county, Hubei province and provide evidence for local disease prevention and control. Methods The underlying death causes were coded and classified according to International Classification of Diseases 10th edition (ICD-10). Statistical analysis was conducted with software Excel 2007, R 3.1.3 and SPSS 18.0. Results The overall mortality was 541.87/lakh in population in Zhongxiang during 2013-2014. The mortality was 596.19/lakh and 486.80/lakh in males and females respectively. The deaths caused by non communicable chronic disease (NCD) and injury accounted for 84.33% and 12.31% of all deaths respectively. Cardiac diseas, cerebrovascular diseases, malignant tumor, injury and respiratory disease were the first 5 leading causes of death. Except the mortality rates of cardiac disease, endocrinological, nutritional and metabolic diseases, as well as neurological diseases, the mortality rates of other diseases were higher in males than in females. Removing cardiac disease, cerebrovascular disease, malignant tumor and injury, the life expectancies in population in Zhongxiang could increase by 4.93, 3.72, 1.92 and 1.68 years respectively. Conclusion Close attention should be paid to NCD prevention and control, especially cardiac disease, cerebrovascular disease, malignant tumor and injury.