老年患者主要死亡病因调查分析

Analysis of causes of death in the aged padents.

目的 调查研究近十年我院老年住院患者的主要死亡病因构成及占总住院死亡的比例。方法收集我院1989年1月1日至1999年1月1日十年死亡病历资料,对60岁以上1045例老年死亡病例进行死因构成统计分析’。结果 老年病人死亡人数占同期住院总死亡人数的45.5％,死亡病因前四位依次为恶性肿瘤,脑血管意外,感染性疾病,心血管疾病,死于此四类疾病者占年住院死亡人数的89.9％。结论 恶性肿瘤是目前我院老年病人的首要致死病因,心脑血管病及感染性疾病仍是老年人常见死亡病因,需要在有关预防保健、早期诊治方面引起重视。

Objective To investigate and research the causes of death, the composition and percentage of the aged patients in the totality of the dead patients in decade of late in our hospital. Methods The case history material from January 1st, 1989 to January 1st, 1999 in our hospital was collected.There were altogether 1045 casesof death in the over-sixty-year old and the composition of causes of death was analysed statistically. Results The death rate of the aged patients was 45 .5 % in the totality of the dead patients of corresponding period. In the causes of death malignant tumour, cerebrovascular accident, infective diseases and cardiovascular disease were the top four successively and those who die of the four diseases took up 89.9% of the dead aged patients. Conclusions For the present malignant tumouris the chief cause of death in the aged patients in our hospital. Cerebrovascular accident, infective diseases and cardiovasculiar diseaseremain common causes of death in the aged. And it is necessary to pay much attention to prevention,health care and early diagnosis and treatment.