European Community Atlas of Avoidable Death

Introduction; Methods; - SELECTION OF INDICATORS OF HEALTH CARE OUTCOME; - THE DATA; - ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION; - ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION OF DATA FOR 1985-89; - MAPS FOR THE PERIOD 1985-89; - TABLES FOR THE PERIOD 1985-89; - CHANGES IN 'AVOIDABLE MORTALITY' BETWEEN 1980-84 AND 1985-89; - MAPS OF CHANGES BETWEEN 1980-84 AND 1985-89; - TABLES OF CHANGES BETWEEN 1980-84 AND 1985-89; Definitions; Interpretation of the maps/data and suggestions for follow-up; References; Studies on 'Avoidable death' within the European Community; - STUDIES ON 'AVOIDABLE DEATH' IN BELGIUM; - STUDIES ON 'AVOIDABLE DEATH' IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; - STUDIES ON 'AVOIDABLE DEATH' IN DENMARK; - STUDIES ON 'AVOIDABLE DEATH' IN FRANCE; - STUDIES ON 'AVOIDABLE DEATH' IN GREECE; - STUDIES ON 'AVOIDABLE DEATH' IN ITALY; - STUDIES ON 'AVOIDABLE DEATH' IN IRELAND; - STUDIES ON 'AVOIDABLE DEATH' IN THE NETHERLANDS; - STUDIES ON 'AVOIDABLE DEATH' IN ENGLAND AND WALES; - STUDIES ON 'AVOIDABLE DEATH' IN SCOTLAND; - STUDIES ON 'AVOIDABLE DEATH' IN PORTUGAL; - STUDIES ON 'AVOIDABLE DEATH' IN SPAIN; Maps and histograms; - WHOLE EC; - INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY; - BELGIUM; - FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; - DENMARK; - FRANCE; - GREECE; - ITALY; - IRELAND; - THE NETHERLANDS; - UK - ENGLAND AND WALES; - SCOTLAND; - PORTUGAL; - SPAIN; Tables for the period 1985-89; - TABLE 8.1 POPULATION, TOTAL DEATHS AND TOTAL 'AVOIDABLE DEATHS' BY SMALL AREA AND COUNTRY; - TABLE 8.2 OBSERVED NUMBERS OF 'AVOIDABLE DEATHS' AND 'AVOIDABLE DEATH' INDICATORS BY DISEASE, SMALL AREA AND COUNTRY; - TABLE 8.3 OBSERVED NUMBERS OF 'AVOIDABLE DEATHS', AGE-STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATES, RANGE AND HETEROGENEITY OF SMRS (CHI-SQUARE) BY DISEASE AND COUNTRY; Tables of changes between 1980-84 and 1985-89; - TABLE 9.1 OBSERVED NUMBERS OF 'AVOIDABLE DEATHS' AND AGE-STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATES FOR 1980-84 AND 1985-89, AND ANNUAL PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN MORTALITY RATES BETWEEN 1980-84 AND 1985-89, BY DISEASE AND COUNTRY; - TABLE 9.2 POPULATION OF COUNTRIES IN 1980-84 AND 1985-89, BY SEX AND 10-YEAR AGE GROUPS; - TABLE 9.3 OBSERVED NUMBERS OF 'AVOIDABLE DEATHS' AND AGE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY RATES FOR 1980-84 AND 1985-89, AND CHANGES IN AGE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY RATE BETWEEN 1980-84 AND 1985-89, BY DISEASE AND COUNTRY; - TABLE 9.4 AGE-STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATES FOR 1980-84 AND 1985-89, AND ANNUAL PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN MORTALITY RATES BETWEEN 1980-84 AND 1985-89, BY DISEASE, SMALL AREA, AND COUNTRY; Appendix A: Selection of diseases; Appendix B: Data sources; Appendix C: Further reading