Coping with multiple morbidity in a life table

Math Popul Stud. 1998;7(1):29-49, 109. doi: 10.1080/08898489809525445.

Abstract

PIP: "We present the proportional multi-state life table method, that makes the inclusion of multiple diseases better manageable and allows for comorbidity implicitly, without the need to define additional states. We implement the method for heart disease and stroke [among Dutch males in 1988], and look at the effect of hypothetical but not unrealistic changes in incidence and survival on disease prevalence and comorbidity. Finally we discuss limitations and extensions of the method." (EXCERPT)

MeSH terms

  • Biology
  • Cause of Death*
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation*
  • Demography
  • Developed Countries
  • Disease
  • Europe
  • Heart Diseases*
  • Incidence*
  • Life Tables*
  • Longevity
  • Mortality
  • Netherlands
  • Physiology
  • Population
  • Population Dynamics
  • Prevalence*
  • Research
  • Research Design
  • Survival Rate*