Ocena utraconych lat życia z powodu chorób sercowo‑naczyniowych w populacji osób starszych w Polsce
Assessment of Life Years Lost Due to Cardiovascular Diseases in Subpopulation of Elderly People in Poland

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the study was to assess mortality trends due to cardiovascular diseases in the group of people aged 65 and more in Poland in 2000-2014 using the Standard Expected Years of Life Lost. In the study there was used a database containing 2,148,871 deaths cards for older Polish citizens who died in the years 2000-2014 due to cardiovascular diseases. Years of life lost were calculated using the SEYLLp (Standard Expected Years of Life Lost per living person). The joinpoint models were used to analyze trends. The SEYLLp ratio (per 10,000) due to cardiovascular diseases in Poland in the population aged 65 and over decreased in the analyzed period. Among men, from 4619.0 in 2000 to 3067.0 in 2014 (AAPC = –2.4%, p < 0.05), and in the group of women from 3038.0 to 2065.0 (AAPC = –2.5%, p < 0.05). In 2014, the largest number of years of life lost among men the ischemic heart disease caused (819.0), while in women, diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries (489.0). Unfavorable trends (in the group of men and women) were reported for heart failure (AAPC, respectively, 3.3% and 2.8%, p < 0.05). Despite the positive tendency of the studied phenomenon, it is necessary to increase the emphasis on cardiological problems of elderly people in order to eliminate inequities in health and unfavorable differences in the average life expectancy.

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