Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link
Volume 20, Number 5—May 2014
Research

Trends in Infectious Disease Mortality Rates, Spain, 1980–2011

Teresa López-CuadradoComments to Author , Alicia Llácer, Rocio Palmera-Suárez, Diana Gómez-Barroso, Camelia Savulescu, Paloma González-Yuste, and Rafael Fernández-Cuenca
Author affiliations: Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain (T. López-Cuadrado, A. Llácer, R. Palmera-Suárez, D. Gómez-Barroso, C. Savulescu, P. González-Yuste, R. Fernández-Cuenca); Centros de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid (A. Llácer, R. Palmera-Suárez, D. Gómez-Barroso, R. Fernández-Cuenca); Complejo Hospitalario de Toledo, Toledo, Spain (P. Gónzalez-Yuste)

Main Article

Table 2

Mortality rates for infectious diseases analyzed, by sex, age group, and detected trends, Spain, 1980–2011*

Sex/age group, y Rate for 1980 Rate for 2011 APC for 
1980–2011, % Trend 1
 Trend 2
 Trend 3
 Trend 4
Period APC, % Period APC, % Period APC, % Period APC, %
M
<1–4 53.3 8.3 −5.5† 1980–1985 −14.2† 1985–2011 −4.0† – – – –
5–24 4.6 0.7 −4.2† 1980–1986 −7.7† 1986–1992 10.7† 1992–2011 −11.15†
25–44 10.7 6.4 −2.8 1980–1985 −4.8 1985–1995 27.0† 1995–1998 −31.3† 1998–2011 −9.7†
45–64 48.1 27.2 −1.4† 1980–1987 −6.7† 1987–1995 3.3† 1995–1998 −8.8 1998–2011 –0.3
≥65 350.2 247.1 −0.5† 1980–1991 −3.3† 1991–2008 1.0† 2008–2011 −5.4 – –
AR
 64.9
 33.0
 −1.5†
 1980–1987
 −5.9†
1987–1995
 4.8†
1995–1998
 −7.7
1998–2011
 −2.5†
F
<1–4 41.1 8.5 −5.0† 1980–1987 −10.9† 1987–2011 −3.3†
5–24 3.8 0.9 −4.4† 1980–1988 −9.4† 1988–1991 19.1 1991–2011 −7.3† – –
25–44 7.4 3.1 −1.7 1980–1986 −9.9† 1986–1995 21.3† 1995–1998 −28.2† 1998–2011 −6.3†
45–64 29.9 10.8 −3.2† 1980–1986 −7.6† 1986–2011 −2.5† – – – –
≥65 284.0 242.5 −0.1 1980–1989 −4.0† 1989–2011 1.2† – – – –
AR 45.7 22.70 −1.6† 1980–1986 −6.3† 1986–2011 −1.0† – – – –

*Rates are no. cases/100,000 persons. APC, annual percentage change (age-adjusted or age-specific rate); –, not applicable; AR, age-adjusted rates.
†Significant because APC CIs did not include 0.

Main Article

Page created: April 16, 2014
Page updated: April 16, 2014
Page reviewed: April 16, 2014
The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.
file_external