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Objective: To compare avoidable mortality for causes amenable to medical care and suicide in physicians versus other professionals with similar university studies and socioeconomic position in Spain. Methods: All people aged 25–64 years who were employed on 1 November 2001 (8,697,387 men and 5,282,611 women) were included. Their vital status was followed for 10 years and the cause of death of deceased was recorded. Using a Poisson regression to estimate the mortality rate ratio (MRR), we compared mortality due to causes of death amenable to medical care, all other causes, and suicide in physicians versus other professionals. Mortality in physicians was used as a reference. Results: The lowest MRR for causes amenable to medical care was observed in engineers/architects (men: 0.84, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.72, 0.97; women: 0.93, 95% CI 0.64, 1.35) and healthcare professions other than physicians/pharmacists/nurses (men: 0.86, 95% CI 0.56, 1.34; women: 0.69, 95% CI 0.32, 1.46). Regarding mortality for all other causes of death, professionals from these and other occupations presented lower mortality than physicians. Other healthcare professions, entrepreneurs, and managers/executives completed suicide at a higher rate than physicians. Conclusion: Although the accessibility to the healthcare system and to the pharmacological drugs could suggest that physicians would present low rates for causes amenable to medical care and high rates of suicide, our results show that this is not the case in Spain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Avoidable mortality is an important analysis in public health. This paper presents the analysis of avoidable mortality between 1997-2003 in Santander aiming to guide the health policies in the state. Methods: Descriptive, longitudinal and retrospective analysis of avoidable mortality in Santander 1997-2003 based on the mortality records of the National Department of Statisitcs and taking as reference the clasification of Taucher. Mortality rates for avoidability group, year and provice were calculated and the median rates were plotted in maps for each group. Sex and age specific rates and potentially lost years of life were calculated for 2003 data. Results: In Santander 35% of deaths were avoidable between 1997-2003. The groups with the highest median rates were: accidents, poisoning and violence (F), preventable diseases in infants (E) and preventable disease with early diagnosis or treatment (B). The general ratio man: woman was 2:1 but 4:1 in the group F. Carare-Opón and Soto Norte were the provinces with the highest burden of avoidable mortality. Conclusions: There is an inequity in the way how the avoidable mortality affects the population. The data suggest to review the quality of the promotion and prevention programms and to continue the action against violence in Santander. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction and Objectives: Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of death and one of the leading causes of disability. The aim of this study was to analyze trends in premature mortality due to IHD in patients younger than 75 years in Spain from 1998 to 2018 by region., Methods: Observational study of temporal trends in premature mortality due to IHD in Spain by region and sex from 1998 to 2018. The study population included resident citizens aged between 0 and 74 years. The data sources were the continuous population register and the mortality registry of the National Institute of Statistics. We calculated age-adjusted mortality rates and their average annual percent change estimated by Poisson models., Results: During the study period, mortality rates due to IHD decreased, both in the country as a whole and by provinces (53% in men and 61% in women), with an average annual percent change of -3.92% and -5.07%, respectively. In the first year (1998), mortality was unequally distributed among provinces, with higher mortality in the south of Spain., Conclusions: Premature mortality due to IHD significantly decreased in Spain during the study period in both sexes to roughly half of initial cases. This decrease was statistically significant in almost all regions. Interprovincial differences in mortality and their variation also decreased in recent years., (Copyright © 2020 Sociedad Española de Cardiología. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)