Premature mortality among elderly in Malaysia, 2014
Introduction Substantial advances on the life expectancy have been achieved in Malaysia over the past few decades. It is essential that elderly lead a healthier old age which leans towards successful aging. Thus, this study describes the major causes of premature mortality among the elderly populat...
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| author | Nazirah Alias, Mohd Azahadi Omar, Shubash Shander Ganapathy, Mohamad Fuad Mohamad Anuar, Chandrika Jeevananthan, Fazila Haryati Ahmad, Tan, Lee Ann |
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Substantial advances on the life expectancy have been achieved in Malaysia over the past few decades. It is essential that elderly lead a healthier old age which leans towards successful aging. Thus, this study describes the major causes of premature mortality among the elderly population in Malaysia, 2014.
Methods
The calculation of premature mortality in terms of Years of Life Lost (YLL) was based on the method used in the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. YLL is the mortality component determined by the age-sex specific number of deaths and life expectancy at the age of death. Mortality data was obtained from the Department of Statistics Malaysia. Elderly aged 60 years and above were included in this study.
Results
The major causes of premature mortality among elderly in Malaysia were Cardiovascular and Circulatory Diseases (39.0%); followed by Malignant Neoplasms (16.6%), Respiratory Diseases (9.8%), Respiratory Infections (9.2%) and Diabetes Mellitus (6.8%).
Conclusions
Awareness programme, early screening and help seeking among elderly should be a priority in planning health services to reduce the burden of Non-communicable diseases (NCD) among elderly. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:142232020-02-14T23:08:33Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14223/ Premature mortality among elderly in Malaysia, 2014 Nazirah Alias, Mohd Azahadi Omar, Shubash Shander Ganapathy, Mohamad Fuad Mohamad Anuar, Chandrika Jeevananthan, Fazila Haryati Ahmad, Tan, Lee Ann Introduction Substantial advances on the life expectancy have been achieved in Malaysia over the past few decades. It is essential that elderly lead a healthier old age which leans towards successful aging. Thus, this study describes the major causes of premature mortality among the elderly population in Malaysia, 2014. Methods The calculation of premature mortality in terms of Years of Life Lost (YLL) was based on the method used in the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. YLL is the mortality component determined by the age-sex specific number of deaths and life expectancy at the age of death. Mortality data was obtained from the Department of Statistics Malaysia. Elderly aged 60 years and above were included in this study. Results The major causes of premature mortality among elderly in Malaysia were Cardiovascular and Circulatory Diseases (39.0%); followed by Malignant Neoplasms (16.6%), Respiratory Diseases (9.8%), Respiratory Infections (9.2%) and Diabetes Mellitus (6.8%). Conclusions Awareness programme, early screening and help seeking among elderly should be a priority in planning health services to reduce the burden of Non-communicable diseases (NCD) among elderly. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14223/1/237-Article%20Text-1288-1-10-20191024.pdf Nazirah Alias, and Mohd Azahadi Omar, and Shubash Shander Ganapathy, and Mohamad Fuad Mohamad Anuar, and Chandrika Jeevananthan, and Fazila Haryati Ahmad, and Tan, Lee Ann (2019) Premature mortality among elderly in Malaysia, 2014. International Journal of Public Health Research, 9 (2). pp. 1108-1116. ISSN 2232-0245 http://spaj.ukm.my/ijphr/index.php/ijphr/issue/view/25 |
| spellingShingle | Nazirah Alias, Mohd Azahadi Omar, Shubash Shander Ganapathy, Mohamad Fuad Mohamad Anuar, Chandrika Jeevananthan, Fazila Haryati Ahmad, Tan, Lee Ann Premature mortality among elderly in Malaysia, 2014 |
| title | Premature mortality among elderly in Malaysia, 2014 |
| title_full | Premature mortality among elderly in Malaysia, 2014 |
| title_fullStr | Premature mortality among elderly in Malaysia, 2014 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Premature mortality among elderly in Malaysia, 2014 |
| title_short | Premature mortality among elderly in Malaysia, 2014 |
| title_sort | premature mortality among elderly in malaysia, 2014 |
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