Waaler H T, Guldvog B
Stiftelse for helsetjenesteforskning, Nordbyhagen
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1996 Mar 30;116(9):1104-6.
Contrasts in life expectancy among countries are an important input for defining targets for the health service and for setting priorities for disease prevention and health promotion. In this article, the trend in life expectancy in Norway is compared with the trend in a selection of other OECD countries. Standardised measures of life expectancy were collected from WHO and OECD statistics. In 1960 Norwegians ranged among the top three countries as regards life expectancy for both women and men. In 1990 Norwegians ranged tenth for women and ninth for men. Life expectancy was two years shorter for Norwegian than for Japanese women in 1990, corresponding to a 20% surplus mortality throughout life. Similar differences were found for men. If Japanese age specific death rates are applied to the Norwegian population, this corresponds to a reduction of 9,600 deaths this year. The relatively unfavourable trend in life expectancy in Norway relative to other OECD countries raises concern, and should be considered when designing the future health policy.
各国预期寿命的差异是确定卫生服务目标以及设定疾病预防和健康促进优先事项的重要依据。在本文中，将挪威的预期寿命趋势与经合组织（OECD）其他一些国家的趋势进行了比较。预期寿命的标准化指标取自世界卫生组织（WHO）和经合组织的统计数据。1960年，挪威人的预期寿命在男女方面均位居前三位国家之列。1990年，挪威女性排名第十，男性排名第九。1990年，挪威女性的预期寿命比日本女性短两年，相当于一生中额外有20%的死亡风险。男性也存在类似差异。如果将日本按年龄划分的死亡率应用于挪威人口，这相当于今年减少9600例死亡。相对于其他经合组织国家，挪威预期寿命的相对不利趋势令人担忧，在设计未来卫生政策时应予以考虑。
