• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.142-149
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• 1977

To use basic data for health planning and evaluation of Kangwha community health project of Yonsei University, a study on death rates and causes of death were investigated in two townships (Naega and Sunwon Myuns) in Kangwha County from April 1, 1975 to March 31, 1977 All death was identified and reported by family health workers who are living in each village and 2 trained public health nurses confirmed the death. The causes of death were investigated by 2 public physicians. Total number of deaths for 2 years was 230 and the followings are brief summary of the study. 1. Age-adjusted crude death rates of study area were 8.69 per 1,000 population in 1975 and 7.18 per 1,000 population in 1976. Age-adjusted crude death rates for male were 9.18 in 1975 and 6.38 in 1976 and for female were 8.33 and 7.80 per 1,000 population 2. Age specific death rate curves by year and sex showed 'U' shapes. 3. Infant and neonatal death rates were 30.08 and 22.56 per 1,000 live births in 1975, and the rates in 1976 were 18.18 and 13.64. 4. The most common cause of death was cerebrovascular disease and average cause specific death rate for the disease was 215.5 per 100,000 population. 5. Four leading causes of death were non-infectious origin; cerebrovascular disease, malignant neoplasms, senility and suicide. Pulmonary tubeculosis and pneumonia occupied 5th and 9th causes of death. 6. Stomach cancer and hepatoma occupied 61.3% of total death due to malignant neoplasms. 7. Most frequent cause of neonatal death was birth injury. Two deaths due to tetanus were found in 1975, but no death due to this disease was found in 1976. 8. About half of deceased received care from physician before death.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.1895-1899
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• 2012

Background and Aims: Liver cancer is a major health problem in low-resource countries. Approximately 55% of all liver cancer occurs in China. Hebei Province is one of the important covering nearly 6% of the population of China. The aim of this paper was to explore liver cancer mortality trends during past 30 years, and provide basic information on prevention strategies. Methods: Hebei was covered covered all the three national surveys during 1973-1975, 1990-1992, and 2004-2005 and one provincial survey during 1984-1986. Subjects included all cases dying from liver cancer in Hebei Province. Liver cancer mortality trend and geographic differences across cities and counties were analyzed. Results: There were 82,878 deaths in Hebei Province during 2004-2005 with an average mortality rate was 600.9/10,000, and an age-adjusted rate of 552.3/10,000. Those dying of cancer were 18,424 cases, accounting for 22.2% of all deaths, second only to cerebrovascular disease as a cause of death. Cancer mortality was 133.6/100,000 (age-adjusted rate was 119.2/100,000). Liver cancer ranked fourth in this survey with a mortality rate of 21.0/100,000, 28.4/100,000 in males and 13.35/10,000 in females, accounting for 15.7%, 17.1% and 13.4% of the total number of cancer deaths and in males and females, respectively. The sex ratio was 2.13. Since the 1970s, liver cancer deaths of Hebei province have been increasing slightly. The crude mortality rates in the four surveys were 11.3, 16.0, 17.4, 21.0 per 100,000, respectively, with age-adjusted rates fluctuating during the past 30 years, but the trend also being upwards. There is a tendency for the mortality rates to be higher in coastal than mountain areas, and is relative lower in the plain area, with crude mortality rates of 25.3, 22.1, and 19.1 per 100,000, respectively. There were no notable differences in cride data between urban and rural, but the age-adjusted mortality rate in rural was much higher. Conclusion: Our study indicated that the mortality of liver cancer in Hebei Province is lower than the national average level. There is a slightly increase trend, especially in some counties. Liver cancer is a major health problem and it is necessary to further promote prevention strategies in Hebei province.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.84-96
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• 1987

For the purpose of preparing the basic data for further cancer epidemiologic study and cancer patients control, we conducted the analysis on the degree and structure of deaths from cancer in metropolitan areas of Korea with 7,934 certified cancer deaths records of Seoul, Pusan, Taegu and Incheon in 1982. The analyzed results were as follows: 1) The total number of cancer deaths in metropolitan areas were 7,934 (male: 4,749, female: 3,185) as 14.1% of deaths from all causes in the same area. 2) The rate of physician's certification on cancer deaths was 77.4% and most of cancer deaths (84.4%) occured at their home. 3) Cancer specific death rate was 51.7 per 100.000 population (male: 62.9, female: 41.9) and age-adjusted cancer death rate was 82.4 in male and 51.6 in female per 100,000 population. And the difference was statistically significant (p< 0.01). 4) Age-specific cancer death rate was generally increased with age and most of cancer deaths (male: 75% , female: 65%) occurred from 45 to 74 years old. 5) The first three orders of cancer site were stomach (32.7%), liver (28.8%), lung (11.7%) in male and stomach (30.6%), uterus (18.4%), liver (13.8%) in female. And the relative frequency of these three cancer sites among total cancer deaths was corresponded to 73.2% in male and 62.8% in female. 6) The ratio of male to female cancer death rate was 1.5:1. And the ratio was aboye 3.0 in esophagus, liver, larynx, bladder cancer and the ratio was similar to 1.0 in stomach, pancreas, leukemia, brain, colon cancer, but the ratio was reversed in gall bladder and bile duct, and thyroid cancer.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.765-783
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• 1996

This study surveyed and measured the level and structure of cancer deaths and their trends over time for offering the fundamental data of e cancer prevention and control in Pusan city in the future. Authors conducted the study of descriptive epidemiology using materials derived from the computerized data of total 3,722 certified cancer deaths in Pusan city from January 1 to December 31, 1993 registered on the National Statistical Once, the Republic of Korea. The obtained results were as follows: 1. According to the total registered cases of deaths(16,331 cases) in Pusan city during 1993, cancer(3,722 cases) and cerebrovascular disease(2,118 cases) were the first and second cause of deaths as 23.1% and 16.9%, respectively. These pattern showed the change between cancer (14.7%) and cerebrovascular disease(18.5%) in order of frequency in comparison to 1982. Also, the total number of cancer deaths was increased in comparison to 1982. The rate of death certification by physicians was 87.1% of all registered deaths, which was increased to 6.8% in comparison to 1982(80.3%). 2. Crude death rate and cancer specific death rate was 4.06 per 1,000 populations and 93.8 per 100,000 populations(male:117.8, female:70.0), respectively. The former was similar to that of 1982, but the latter was increased to 1.6 times as that of 1982. 3. Age-adjusted cancer specific death rate by standardization with whole country population was 111.9(male:141.5, female:106.7) per 100,000 populations, higher than not age-adjusted cancer specific death rate(93.8), and the sex difference was statistically significant with male predominance (p<0.05). 4. Cancer specific death rate by age was generally increased with age and most of cancer deaths(male:91.8%, female:88.5%) occurred since 40 years old. 5. The major cancer(cancer specific death rate per 100,000 populations) in male was liver(30.6) followed by stomach(25.6), lung(21.9), and GB and EHBD(5.7), in female stomach(15.7), liver(9.9), lung(7.3), and uterus(6.9). The relative frequency of the leading three cancer among total cancer deaths marked 66.3% in male and 47.l% in female, and decreased in comparison to 1982(male:72.2%, female:54.5%). 6. The total ratio of male to female cancer specific death rate showed 1.68 to 1 with male predominance. And the ratio was above 2.0 in larynx, oral cavity & pharynx, esophagus, liver, lung, bladder cancer and the ratio was $1.0\sim1.9$ in stomach, pancreas, gall bladder and EHBD, brain, rectum and anus cancer, leukemia, but the ratio was reversed in thyroid and colon cancer. In conclusion, cancer was the first cause of deaths. The proportion of lung cancer was increased, that of stomach & uterine cancer was decreased relatively, and liver cancer was constantly higher proportion. In the future, it is necessary to conduct the further investigations on the cancer risk factors considering areal specificity.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.244-252
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• 2001

Objective : Health insurers and policy makers are increasingly examining the hospital mortality rate as an indicator of hospital quality and performance. To be meaningful, a risk-adjustment of the death rates must be implemented. This study reviewed 5 severity measurement methods and applied them to the same data set to determine whether judgments regarding the severity-adjusted hospital mortality rates were sensitive to the specific severity measure. Methods : The medical records of 584 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery in 6 general hospitals during 1996 and 1997 were reviewed by trained nurses. The MedisGroups, Disease Staging, Computerized Severity Index, APACHE III and KDRG were used to quantify severity of the patients. The predictive probability of death was calculated for each patient in the sample from a multivariate logistic regression model including the severity score, age and sex to evaluate the hospitals' performance, the ratio of the observed number of deaths to the expected number for each hospital was calculated. Results : The overall in-hospital mortality rate was 7.0%, ranging from 2.7% to 15.7% depending on the particular hospital. After the severity adjustment, the mortality rates for each hospital showed little difference according to the severity measure. The 5 severity measurement methods varied in their statistical performance. All had a higher c statistic and $R^2$ than the model containing only age and sex. There was a little difference in the relative hospital performance evaluation by the severity measure. Conclusion : These results suggest that judgments regarding a hospital's performance based on severity adjusted mortality can be sensitive to the severity measurement method. Although the 5 severity measures regarding hospital performance concurred, more often than would be expected by chance, the assessment of an individual hospital mortality rates varied by the different severity measurement method used.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.59-78
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• 2001

경상북도 지역의 암사망 신고자료의 정확성을 제고하고, 질 높은 지역보건사업계획의 수립을 위한 자료수집을 위해 기존의 사망신고체계에 보건소망을 추가로 이용하여 1991년부터 1998년까지 의 암사망 신고자료를 수집 분석하였다. 경상북도의 전체 사망자중에서 암사망자가 차지하는 비율은 1991년에는 16.7%에서 1998년에는 19.3%로 증가되었는데, 남자는 1991년 19.4%에서 1998년에는 22.3%로 증가하였고, 여자는 1991년 12.4%에서 1998년에는 15.5%로 여자에서의 비율의 증가가 컸다. 암 종류별 사망자는 전체적으로는 1991년에는 위암(41.5%), 간암(28.8%), 폐와 기관지암(8.7%)순이었고, 1998년에는 위암(24.7%), 간암(22.7%), 폐와 기관지암(19.3%)순으로 순위는 같았으나 사망비율의 차이는 있었다. 남자는 1991년에는 위암(40.2%), 간암(33.7%), 폐와 기관지암(10.2%) 순이었으나, 1998년에는 간암이 25.0%, 위암과 폐 기관지암이 공히 22.8%를 차지하여 순위의 변동이 있었다. 여자는 1991년에는 위암(44.7%), 간암(16.7%), 폐와 기관지암(5.0%)순이었고, 1998년에는 위암(27.8%), 간암(18.5%), 폐 기관지암(12.7%)순이었으며, 위암이 가장 많이 감소하였고, 폐 기관지암이 가장 많이 증가하였다. 암 종류별로 보면 위암, 간암, 후두암에 의한 사망은 감소하였고, 폐 기관지암, 식도암, 췌장암, 직장암에 의한 사망은 증가하였다. 여자의 경우는 유방암에 의한 사망은 증가하였고, 자궁암은 감소하는 추세였다. 1995년도 인구를 기준으로 연도별 연령보정 표준화 사망률을 산출하였는데, 전체적으로는 1991년에는 84.25명이었으며, 1998년에는 77.67으로 감소하였다. 남자는 1991년에 119.81명에서 101.82명으로 크게 감소하였고, 여자는 1991년 48.64명에서 1998년 53.80명으로 증가하였다. 연령대별로는 40대 미만에서는 위암, 간암, 폐 기관지암, 자궁암, 식도암은 감소하고, 췌장암, 직장암과 유방암은 증가하였다. 40대 이상에서는 위암, 간암, 자궁암, 후두암은 감소하였고, 폐 기관지암, 식도암, 백혈병, 췌장암, 직장암, 유방암은 증가하는 추세였다. 이상의 결과 경북지역에서는 전반적으로 폐 기관지암, 직장암, 식도암, 췌장암, 유방암 등에 의한 사망이 증가하는 추세이므로 이를 고려한 지역암보건사업이 이루어져야 하겠으며, 전국적으로도 국가암등록사업과 사망자료의 연계를 통한 정확한 사망통계를 근거로한 국가암보건계획의 수립과 평가가 필요하며, 이를 위하여 공공보건기관에서 정확한 암 사망통계의 산출을 위한 추진방안이 개발되어야 할 것으로 생각된다.

• 보건행정학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.100-113
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• 2021

Background: This study aims to figure out the gaps in health status by estimating amenable mortality rate by region, reflecting the characteristics of Korea, and estimating the years of life lost (YLL) per capita by disease. Methods: People who died from amenable diseases between 2008 and 2018 were extracted from the cause of death statistics provided by Statistics Korea. The age-standardized amenable mortality rates were estimated to compare the health status of 229 regions. YLL per capita was calculated to compute the burden of diseases caused by treatable deaths by region. The YLL per capita by region was calculated to identify the burden of disease caused by amenable deaths. Results: First, while the annual amenable mortality rate in Korea is on a steady decline, but there is still a considerable gap between urban and rural areas when comparing the mortality rates of 229 areas. Second, YLL per capita due to the amenable deaths is approximately 14 person-years during the analysis period (2008-2018). Conclusion: Although the health status of Koreans has continuously improved, there is still a gap in health status region by region in terms of amenable mortality rates. Amenable death accounts for a loss of life equivalent to 14 person-years per year. Since the amenable mortality rate is an indicator that can measure the performance of the health care system, efforts at each local area are required to lower it.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.127-135
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• 2005

본 연구는 결핵관리사업의 중요한 지표인 결핵사망률의 증가와 감소를 전국, 지역(대도시, 일반시, 군지역)별로 연도별 결핵 표준화사망률의 변화 양상을 확인하고자 시행되었으며, 1995년부터 2002년까지의 결핵사망자를 사망신고상 주소지를 기준으로 기초자치단체별로 분류하였고 2000년 현재 236개의 기초자치단체 중 도농통합시로 통합개편되었거나 분리되어 분석이 어려운 기초자치단체 4곳을 제외한 232개 시군구의 결핵사망자를 최종 분석 대상으로 선정하였다. 분석 대상은 연령보정 직접 표준화법을 사용하여 결핵 표준화사망률을 산출하였고, 각 지역별 연도별 결핵 표준화사망률의 변화를 그래프와 표로 관찰해보았다. 전국, 지역(대도시, 일반시, 군지역)별로 연도별 결핵 표준화사망률의 증감 추이를 모형적 정성 검정을 이용하여 연도별 결핵 표준화사망률의 변화 곡석의 양상을 확인하였고, 1995-1998년의 결핵 표준화사망률과 1999-2002년의 결핵 표준화사망률을 4년씩 묶어 이 두 기간 사이의 변화량을 알아보기 위해 분산분석 및 사후검정을 실시하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 100판을 이용하였다. 1. 전국 결핵사망률의 변화를 추이해 보면 조율과 표준화율 모두에서 꾸준하게 감소하는 양상을 보이다가, 1999년을 정점으로 그 감소폭이 둔화되고 있는 양상을 보였다. 2. 지역을 대도시, 일반시, 군지역으로 분류하고 1995-1998년과 1999-2002년으로 4년씩 묶어 이 두 기간의 결핵 표준화사망률 변화를 살펴보면, 분산분석을 실시하였을 때 1995-1998년의 군지역의 사망률은 다른 지역들에 비해 유이하게 높게 나타났으나 1999-2002년의 군지역의 사망률도 여전히 높게 나타났다. 3. 지역별 결핵 표준화사망률의 모형적정성 검정 결과를 살펴보면, 대도시지역의 경우 일차함수적으로 꾸준히 감소하고, 일반시의 경우 일차함수적으로 감소하고 있기는 하지만 그 감소폭이 다소 둔화되는 양상을 보였다. 군지역의 경우 이차함수 모형에서 유의하게 나타났다. 연도별 결핵 표준화사망률의 감소경향이 지역별로 다른 양상을 나타내는 것을 알 수 있었다. 각 지역별로 꾸준히 감소하고는 있었지만 1999년을 정점으로 대부분의 지역에서 그 감소가 둔화되는 모습을 보여주었다. 이러한 현상은 군지역에서 더욱 뚜렷하게 볼 수 있었는데 이에 대한 추가 연구가 필요하며 지역별로 차별화된 결핵사업 전략이 필요함을 시사하였다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.73-83
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• 1979

The objectives of this study have been conducted to establish effective clinical teaching program to I.C.U in terms of proper assignment of the clients for the students, proper rotation schedule, priorities in critical nursing problems and selection of the teaching and learning. We have analyzed statistically 1,850 patients who have been admitted during a period from January 1977 to October 31 1979 in Ewha Woman's University Hospital. The results are as follows: 1. The proportion to the total inpatients number was 6.5% and mortality rate was 16.3%. 2. The average hospitalized days were 5.8 days in I.C.U and the total death was occured from 1 st hospital day to 5th hospital day. So it shows a certain difficulties for clinical experiences of the senior students in I.C.U. 3. In the age of the death, 41.3% of the patients were in the 41-60 year age group. It shows highest mortality rate in socially active and productive age groups. 4. The mortality rates of the departments of the medicine was 18.7%, general surgery 18.5%, and neurosurgery 14.7%. 5. The number of patients admitted to the department of neurosystem was 30.6%, cardiovascular system 22.6%, respiratory system 11.1 ％ and urinary system 2.9%. 6. On utilizing instruments and machine for diagnosis and client's assessment in I.C.U, they have utilized everything a usual. But they never utilize angiogram and cardiac catheterization in cardiovascular system, and retroperitoneal pneumography in the urologic system. Further more we would recommend as follows 1. In consideration of the average hospital days and the date of death, the rotation program for clincal experience need to be adjusted as continuing practice program in apposite to current alternative practice program for comprehensive nursing care. 2. Socioeconomic needs for the patient's families and himself should be emphasized by the students in addition to physical needs. 3. Course content for critical care might be built up in considering of core disease centered nursing problems. 4. The diagnostic procedures and client's assessment items which could not experience in our university hospital by the students might be considered and refilled as filled trips to another hospital and visual aids.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.218-228
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• 2000

Background : Among 'structure', 'process' and 'outcome' approaches, outcome evaluation is considered as the most direct and best approach to assess the quality of health care providers. Risk-adjustment is an essential method to compare outcome across providers. This study has aims to judge performance of hospitals by severity adjusted mortality rates of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Methods : Medical records of 584 patients who got the CABG surgery in 6 general hospitals during 1996 and 1997 were reviewed by trained nurses. The MedisGroups was used to quantify severity of patients. The predictive probability of death was calculated for each patient in the sample from a multivariate logistic regression model including the severity score, age and sex. For evaluation of hospital performance, we calculated ratio of observed number to expected number of deaths and z score [(observed number of deaths - expected number of deaths)/square root of the variance in the number of deaths], and compared observed mortality rate with confidence interval of adjusted mortality rate for each hospital. Results : The overall in-hospital mortality was 7.0%, ranged from 2.7% to 15.7% by hospital. After severity adjustment the mortality by hospital was from 2.7% to 10.7%. One hospital with poor performance was distinctly divided from others with good performance. Conclusion : In conclusion, severity-adjusted mortality rate of CABG surgery might be applied as an indicator for hospital performance evaluation in Korea. But more pilot studies and improvement of methodologies has to be done to use it as quality indicator.