Marlow A K
Department of Public Health Medicine, Powys Health, The Laurels, Bronllys, Brecon.
J Epidemiol Community Health. 1995 Jun;49(3):320-2. doi: 10.1136/jech.49.3.320.
To suggest an appropriate denominator for use with the statistic "potential years of life lost", in order to facilitate valid comparisons between health authorities.
Analysis of OPCS population and mortality data for the period 1987-91.
Data for Wales were analysed to provide comparisons between the nine district health authorities.
There were 46,139 males and 30,258 females--that is, all deaths of Welsh residents, aged under 75 years, during the period 1987-91.
The use of age sensitive denominators with the potential years of life lost statistic alters the rank position of Welsh district health authorities.
It is suggested that potential years of life lost should be expressed as a rate per 100,000 potential years of life in public health common data sets, and elsewhere, to facilitate valid comparisons between health authorities.
为统计数据“潜在寿命损失年数”建议一个合适的分母，以便于卫生当局之间进行有效的比较。
对1987 - 1991年期间的英国人口普查与调查局（OPCS）人口和死亡率数据进行分析。
分析威尔士的数据，以便在九个地区卫生当局之间进行比较。
有46139名男性和30258名女性，即1987 - 1991年期间威尔士75岁以下居民的所有死亡病例。
在潜在寿命损失年数统计中使用年龄敏感分母会改变威尔士地区卫生当局的排名顺序。
建议在公共卫生通用数据集中以及其他地方，潜在寿命损失年数以每100,000潜在寿命年的比率来表示，以便于卫生当局之间进行有效的比较。
