Burney P G
Lancet. 1986 Aug 9;2(8502):323-6. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(86)90012-7.
The trend in asthma mortality has been estimated from published statistics for the years 1974-84, with account being taken of changes due to the revision of the International Classification of Diseases in 1979. Mortality rose annually by an average of 4.7% in the 5-34 year age-group (p less than 0.05), and the increased mortality since 1974 probably accounted for 408 excess deaths in the 5-64 year age-group between 1975 and 1984. No satisfactory explanation for this rise in mortality is likely until there is adequate monitoring of the prevalence and severity of asthma.
已根据1974 - 1984年公布的统计数据估算了哮喘死亡率的趋势，并考虑了1979年《国际疾病分类》修订所带来的变化。在5 - 34岁年龄组中，死亡率每年平均上升4.7%（p小于0.05），1974年以来死亡率的上升可能导致1975年至1984年间5 - 64岁年龄组多出408例死亡。在对哮喘的患病率和严重程度进行充分监测之前，不太可能对死亡率的上升做出令人满意的解释。
