Rennert G
Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Lady Davis Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel.
Isr J Med Sci. 1992 Jul;28(7):442-6.
Mortality statistics serve as the most common tool for health policy planning. However, this method suffers from several shortcomings. The mortality patterns in Israel in 1986 are presented in this article using the measure of years of potential life lost (YPLL), which better expresses premature mortality and the burden of diseases on society. Ischemic heart disease, cancer, and accidents of all types are responsible equally for most premature deaths in males in Israel, whereas cancer is the leading cause of premature mortality in women in Israel. Planning future health policy should rely more heavily on measures such as YPLL.
死亡率统计是卫生政策规划中最常用的工具。然而，这种方法存在几个缺点。本文采用潜在寿命损失年数（YPLL）这一指标来呈现1986年以色列的死亡率模式，该指标能更好地体现过早死亡以及疾病对社会的负担。在以色列，缺血性心脏病、癌症以及各类事故对男性的大多数过早死亡负有同等责任，而癌症是以色列女性过早死亡的主要原因。未来卫生政策规划应更多地依赖诸如潜在寿命损失年数这类指标。
