Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of Trends in Infectious Disease Mortality in South Korea from 1983 to 2017

We aimed to describe the infectious disease (ID) mortality trends and evaluate age-period-cohort (APC) effects on ID mortality in Korea. Using cause-of-death and census population estimates data from 1983-2017, age-standardized ID mortality trends were investigated by joinpoint regression analysis. The APC effects on ID mortality were estimated using intrinsic estimator models. The age effect showed a J-shaped concave upward curve. Old age, especially ≥70 years, was a critical factor for ID deaths. Similar to the W-shaped period curve, ID mortality rapidly decreased due to economic development and the expansion of health coverage in the 1980s, decelerated with increasing inequality, surged due to the 1997 economic crisis, and has gradually increased since the mid-2000s. The cohort effect showed an inverted U-shape. The increasing cohort effect due to the deterioration of living standards led to a decreasing trend after the independence of Korea. Notwithstanding the slowdown during the 1950-1953 Korean War, educational expansion, economic growth, fertility reduction, and the improvement of ID-related policies might have led to a continued decline among the cohorts born since the 1960s. Diverse socioeconomic events may have influenced ID mortality trends in Korea via period and cohort effects. Policies to reduce the growing burden of ID deaths should be further improved.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

International journal of environmental research and public health - 18(2021), 3 vom: 21. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kim, Hee Sook [VerfasserIn]
Eun, Sang Jun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Age–period–cohort analysis
Communicable diseases
Journal Article
Mortality
Republic of Korea
Trends

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Date Completed 23.04.2021

Date Revised 23.04.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijerph18030906

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM320563375