title: [Mortality related to asthma. Trends in France from 1970 to 1987].
abstract: An increase in mortality related to asthma has been observed in a great number of countries during the last decade. The purpose of this work is to study this evolution in France from 1970 to 1987. Numbers of deaths were obtained from INSERM, by sex and age groups and the corresponding populations from INSEE. Data were interpreted from crude rates and with the computation of age adjusted and age specific rates. In men, we observed a decrease in mortality from 1972 to 1979, then an increase from 1980 to 1987. In women, the decrease stopped as early as 1974 and we observed an increase from 1975 to 1987. On the other hand their crude and age-adjusted rates become higher than men's rates as early as 1977.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U 226, Faculté de Médecine Xavier-Bichat, Paris.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cooreman
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Segala
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Neukirch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality*; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003644:Death Certificates; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors
vernacular_title: Mortalité rapportée à l'asthme. Tendances pour la France de 1970 à 1987.