Deaths from asthma, bronchitis and pulmonary heart disease in Warsaw in the years 1993-1994

By the regular checking the death certificates in the municipal offices in 7 districts of Warsaw, the morality rate from asthma has been established as 2.98/100.000, from chronic bronchitis as 8.71/100.000 and from pulmonary heart disease as 6.27/100.000. During one year of this survey only 15 death...

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Published in:	Polski merkuriusz lekarski Vol. 1; no. 1; p. 34
Main Authors:	May, K, Piasecki, Z, Wadzicha, Z, Wesołowski, S, Skorupa, W, Siemion, I
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Polish
Published:	Poland 01-07-1996
Subjects:	Aged Asthma - mortality Bronchitis - mortality Death, Sudden - epidemiology Female Humans Male Middle Aged Poland - epidemiology Pulmonary Heart Disease - mortality Survival Rate Poland
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Summary:	By the regular checking the death certificates in the municipal offices in 7 districts of Warsaw, the morality rate from asthma has been established as 2.98/100.000, from chronic bronchitis as 8.71/100.000 and from pulmonary heart disease as 6.27/100.000. During one year of this survey only 15 deaths (4.7%) from these diseases were below age of 50.67% of patients died in hospitals and 22 (7%) died suddenly (at home). In general, deaths reported as the results of COLD were only 1.59% of the total number of deaths in Warsaw (21.530). 6.9% of all death certificates were without clinical diagnosis (Number 798 of ICD)-described as "natural death", "death before doctor's arrival" or "noncriminal death". Authors discuss the problem of over- and under-diagnosis of asthma as the cause of death, the historical background of asthma mortality and also put the question of the righteousness of regard the pulmonary heart disease as the primary cause of death.
ISSN:	1426-9686