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KMID : 1138720170430030081
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Korean Public Health Research
2017 Volume.43 No. 3 p.81 ~ p.90
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The Relationship between Death and Clinical Risk Factors in Korean: Community Cohort Study
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Kang Young-Mi
Kim Hyun-Jin
Lee Tae-Yong
Ku Bon-Jeong
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Abstract
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Objective : The evaluation and assessment of the causes and risk factors for death are very important to improve the quality of health care. The purpose of this study is to analyze related factors in death and causes of death through a 10-year follow-up of a Korean community cohort study.
Methods : Data was collected from residents aged between 40 and 70 in Geumsan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do who participated in the community cohort study conducted from December 2005 to February 2006. The data has been retrospectively analyzed 10 years from the conclusion of the community cohort study in 2006. Physical measurements, questionnaires and blood tests were performed. The causes of death were classified using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10).
Results : Out of the 1,993 subjects, data from a total of 1,884 individuals, excluding 109 dropouts, were analyzed. There were 1,813 surviving participants and 71 deceased subjects (3.8%). The most common cause of death was cancer in 35 subjects (49.3%), followed by cardio/cerebrovascular disease in 15 subjects (21.1%), and other causes (lung disease, liver disease, diabetes, asthma, etc.) in 21 subjects (29.6%). Gender was the most influential factor in cancer-relateddeath. Smoking and serum ferritin level were significant factors that contributed to cardio/cerebrovascular-disease-related death.
Conclusions : Cancer was the major cause of death, followed by cardio/cerebrovascular diseases. Gender was the most prominent factor in cancer-related death, while smoking and serum ferritin level were the major factors in cardio/cerebrovascular disease-related deaths. It is expected that the results of this study will be used as important basic data to establish guidelines for health promotion, disease prevention and mortality management in the future.
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KEYWORD
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Death, Cancer, cardio/cerebrovascular-disease, Smoking, Ferritin
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