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2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Health Expectancy and QOL-related Comprehensive Health Indicators and the Relations

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14570326
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Public health/Health science
Research InstitutionTokyo Medical and Dental University

Principal Investigator

FUKUDA Yosiharu  Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Associate Professor, 大学院・医歯学総合研究科, 助教授 (60252029)

Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2003
KeywordsPublic Health / Health Expectancy / Social Epidemiology / Health Statistics
Research Abstract

Variation of municipal mortality and its relation with social factors
All cause mortality rates of municipalities across Japan were calculated, and the relation of mortality and socioeconomic indicators related to income, education, unemployment, and living conditions was examined. Higher mortality was related with lower socioeconomic condition, and the relation was more marked for males and the population aged under 75 than for females and the total population, respectively. The relation was deceased from 1975 to 1995.
Health expectancy and the relation with socioeconomic factors
Health expectancy (HE) by prefecture was calculated using the 2000 prefectural life tables and the number of the certificated persons in the long-term care insurance (LTd). The calculated HE was associated with the social indicators such as per capita income, unemployment rate, the percentage of households of a single elderly, and divorce rate. HE by municipality was estimated using 2000 municipal life table and the data of (LTd). The analysis demonstrated the significant relation between municipal HE and social indicators.
The relation between individual health-related indicators and socioeconomic factors
The relation between individual health-related indicators and socioeconomic factors was examined. The health-related indicators were significantly related to the social factors, and lower social factors were associated with poor health status.
The applications to health policy
The excess deaths were estimated as a measure of geographical variation of mortality. And a method for -quantitative health targets was developed using a combination of an extrapolation method and a benchmark method with prefectural historical data of mortality.

  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All Other

All Publications (8 results)

  • [Publications] Fukuda Y, Nakamura K, Takano T.: "Increased Excess Deaths in Urban Areas : Quantification of Geographical Variation on Mortality in Japan,1973 to 1998"Health Policy. (in press).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] Fukuda Y, Nakamura K, Takano T.: "Wide range of socio-economic factors associates with mortality among cities in Japan"Health Promotion International. (in press).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] Fukuda Y, Nakamura K, Takano T.: "Dioxins released from incineration plants and mortality from major diseases : an analysis of statistical data by municipalities."Journal of Medical and Dental Science. 50. 249-255 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] Fukuda Y, Nakamura K, Takano T.: "A combination of an extrapolation method and a benchmark method to develop quantitative health targets for Japan"Health Policy. 61. 201-212 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Publications] Fukuda Y, Nakamura K, Takano T.: "Increased Excess Deaths in Urban Areas: Quantification of Geographical Variation in Mortality in Japan, 1973 to 1998."Health Policy.. (in press).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Fukuda Y, Nakamura K, Takano T.: "Municipal socioeconomic status and mortality in Japan: sex and age differences, and trends in 1973-1998"Social Science and Medicine. (in press).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Fukuda Y, Nakamura K, Takano T.: "Dioxins released from incineration plants and mortality from major diseases: an analysis of statistical data by municipalities."Journal of Medical and Dental Science.. 50. 249-255 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Fukuda Y, Nakamura K, Takano T.: "A combination of an extrapolation method and a benchmark method to develop quantitative health targets for Japan."Health Policy.. 61. 201-212 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2005-04-19  

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