Noteboom W M, Rosendaal F R, Vandenbroucke J P
Academisch Ziekenhuis, afd. Klinische Epidemiologie, Leiden.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1991 Dec 21;135(51):2425-8.
To determinate whether the stressful lifestyle of members of parliament (MP) might lead to excess mortality, as suggested in British Medical Journal in 1989, we investigated the mortality and life expectancy of 1589 members of the Dutch parliament over the period 1848-1989. Total mortality (all causes) for members of parliament who had been in function for at least one year (n = 1472) was compared to that of the general population of the Netherlands, adjusted for age, sex and calendar period. We calculated a standardized mortality ratio (SMR) from beginning of exposure as well as from ten years after entry in order to correct for a healthy cohort effect. The total number of deaths was 986 (863 with follow-up after 10 years after entry) and did not exceed the expected number of deaths based on population mortality rates. We conclude that MPs have no higher death risk than those who elected them, although one might have expected a lower death risk because of their social background.
为了确定议员紧张的生活方式是否会像1989年《英国医学杂志》所暗示的那样导致过高死亡率，我们调查了1848年至1989年期间1589名荷兰议员的死亡率和预期寿命。将任职至少一年的议员（n = 1472）的总死亡率（所有原因）与荷兰总人口的总死亡率进行比较，并根据年龄、性别和日历时期进行了调整。我们从暴露开始时以及入职十年后计算了标准化死亡率（SMR），以校正健康队列效应。死亡总数为986例（入职十年后随访的有863例），未超过基于人口死亡率的预期死亡数。我们得出结论，议员的死亡风险并不高于选举他们的人，尽管由于他们的社会背景，人们可能预期其死亡风险会更低。
