Amorin M J, Barrasa J I, Stoduto P, Monserrat T, Arribas J L, García J R
Servicio de Medicina Preventiva, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza.
Med Clin (Barc). 1992 May 9;98(18):689-93.
Years of potential life lost (YPLL) are a health indicator which allows to discriminate the main causes of premature mortality weighting up the deaths according to the age of dead person.
Premature mortality in Aragón during 1987 is analysed by means of the indicator YPLL between the ages 1 and 64 years. The information given by this indicator along with that supplied by the mortality rates is used to obtain a more complete information of the role and relative importance of each one of the main groups of diseases of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9th revision) within the mortality in Aragón during that whole year.
The biggest rates of YPLL by one thousand population were due to tumours (9.87), traumatisms and poisonings (8.84), vascular diseases (5.65) and digestive diseases (1.96). Mortality and YPLL rates were higher for males than for females and statistically significant differences were also observed when comparing the provinces of Zaragoza and Huesca with the province of Teruel (higher rates in the first ones) and when comparing rural with urban areas (higher rates in the second case).
According to this indicator the preventive programs in Aragón should lead to the prevention of tumors, traumatisms, vascular diseases and digestive diseases, without forgetting that these illnesses have a bigger effect on male population and on urban areas.
潜在寿命损失年数（YPLL）是一项健康指标，它能够根据死者年龄权衡死亡情况，从而区分过早死亡的主要原因。
利用YPLL指标对1987年阿拉贡地区1至64岁人群的过早死亡率进行分析。该指标提供的信息以及死亡率提供的信息，被用于更全面地了解国际疾病分类（第9版修订本）中各主要疾病组在阿拉贡地区全年死亡率中的作用和相对重要性。
每千人口中YPLL率最高的是肿瘤（9.87）、创伤和中毒（8.84）、血管疾病（5.65）以及消化系统疾病（1.96）。男性的死亡率和YPLL率高于女性，在比较萨拉戈萨省和韦斯卡省与特鲁埃尔省时（前两者的比率更高）以及比较农村和城市地区时（后者的比率更高），也观察到了具有统计学意义的差异。
根据该指标，阿拉贡地区的预防项目应致力于预防肿瘤、创伤、血管疾病和消化系统疾病，同时不要忘记这些疾病对男性人群和城市地区的影响更大。
