Mortality in Hämeenkyrö

Scope
Background mortality rates in Hämeenkyrö. General population considered. Causes include cardiovascular mortality and total cancer mortality.

Description

If the average life expectancy is 100 years and the age groups are of equal size, the background mortality is 0.01/a. In Finland, life expectancy is shorter, but on the other hand, older age groups are larger than younger, and therefore 0.01/a is a resonable approximation. About 50% of all deaths are due to cardiovascular diseases and ca. 20% due to cancer.

Definition

A draft model:

<anacode>

var total_mortality:= Variable:Population size in Hämeenkyrö*0.01;

var cardiovascular_mortality:= total_mortality*0.5;

var cancer_mortality:= total_mortality*0.2

</anacode>

Unit

# cases/a

Result

Cause

• Total mortality: 100
• Cardiovascular mortality: 50
• Cancer mortality: 20