1993 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
STUDY ON THE "HEART FAILURE" AS THE DEATH CAUSE IN THE DEATH STATISTICS
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04670339
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
応用生物化学・栄養化学
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| Research Institution | NIHON UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
YOKOYAMA Eise NIHON UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MED.ASSOC.PROF., 医学部, 助教授 (90120584)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KOMAKI Kouichi NIHON UNIV.SCHOOL OF MED.LECTURER., 医学部, 講師 (50153664)
KAWAMURA Hiroshi NIHON UNIV.SCHOOL OF MED.LECTURER., 医学部, 講師 (50130472)
TERUI Satoshi NIHON UNIVERSITY,SCHOOL OF MED.LECTURER, 医学部, 講師 (00188690)
MIYAKE Takeo NIHON UNIVERSITY,SCHOOL OF MED.ASSOC.PROF., 医学部, 講師 (30181994)
NOZAKI Sadahiko NIHON UNIV.SCHOOL OF MED.PROF., 医学部, 教授 (40198586)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1992 – 1993
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| Keywords | heart failure / death statistics / death causes |
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| Research Abstract |
Despite the importance of accuracy evaluationg the change in the incidence of circulatory disease the entity of heart failure is far from clearly defined.
In the present study, we investigated the death certificates and each case history, these were stocked in the hospitals during 1990-1993 at Kanto areas.
As a results, we examined total 1,682 death certificates and the incidence of "heart failure (ICD-9 : 428)" as underlying cause of death. The frequencies of "heart failure" was 4.3% (A Hospial : 3.8% and B Hospital : 4.6% ) and 61% (A Hpspital : 65% and B Hpspital : 59%) of death causes were written in the 2nd column of death certificate (other physical conditions). Some of these conditions may be, or should be, involved in underlying cause of death.
Effort have yet to be made to improve the method for prepareing the death certificates and to establish a more reliable information system in the vital statistics.
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