No 'Christmas holiday effect' in Australia for cardiovascular and stroke mortality.
Cardiovascular
Cerebrovascular
Christmas holiday effect
Death
Mortality
Stroke
Journal
Public health
ISSN: 1476-5616
Titre abrégé: Public Health
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0376507
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2020
May 2020
Historique:
received:
20
01
2020
revised:
28
02
2020
accepted:
06
03
2020
pubmed:
4
5
2020
medline:
20
9
2020
entrez:
4
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Cardiovascular events and mortality have shown a higher incidence within the Christmas holiday period in previous studies and in the northern and southern hemisphere. Our study aimed to assess changes in cardiovascular and stroke mortality variation around the Christmas period in Australia. The study design is a population-based case-control study. Daily mortality data attributed to stroke and cardiovascular was compiled from Australia between 1989 and 2015, amounting to approximately 700,000 and 250,000 deaths, respectively. A locally weighted polynomial regression line was used to estimate expected mortality rates during that period and compared with actual results. There was a non-significant increase of 1.08% (P = 0.35) and 0.20% (P = 0.87) for coronary heart disease and stroke mortality, respectively, in the Christmas holiday period. There is no evidence of an increase in cardiovascular and stroke mortality in the Christmas holiday period in Australia.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32361029
pii: S0033-3506(20)30068-8
doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2020.03.004
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
190-192Informations de copyright
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