IJERPH, Vol. 20, Pages 5058: Major Causes of Death among Older Adults after the Great East Japan Earthquake: A Retrospective Study

IJERPH, Vol. 20, Pages 5058: Major Causes of Death among Older Adults after the Great East Japan Earthquake: A Retrospective Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph20065058 Authors: Takako Fujimaki Yuko Ohno Anna Tsutsui Yuta Inoue Ling Zha Makoto Fujii Tetsuya Tajima Satoshi Hattori Tomotaka Sobue This retrospective study investigated the 3-year impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) of 2011 on deaths due to neoplasm, heart disease, stroke, pneumonia, and senility among older adults in the primarily affected prefectures compared with other prefectures, previous investigations having been more limited as regards mortality causes and geographic areas. Using death certificates issued between 2006 and 2015 (n = 7,383,253), mortality rates (MRs) and risk ratios (RRs) were calculated using a linear mixed model with the log-transformed MR as the response variable. The model included interactions between the area category and each year of death from 2010 to 2013. The RRs in the interaction significantly increased to 1.13, 1.17, and 1.28 for deaths due to stroke, pneumonia, and senility, respectively, in Miyagi Prefecture in 2011, but did not significantly increase for any of the other areas affected by the GEJE. Moreover, increased RRs were not reported for any of the other years. The risk of death increased in 2011; however, this was only significant for single-year impact. In 2013, decreased RRs ...
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