Health status in selected post-communist European countries: a comparative study between Poland and Albania.

IF 1.1 4区医学 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Central European journal of public health Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI:10.21101/cejph.a7804

Wojciech Czabanowski, Iris Mone, Genc Burazeri

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Objectives: The aim of this analysis was to compare selected health status indicators of the Albanian and Polish populations, pertinent to two former communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

Methods: This analysis was based on the estimates related to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2019 study, reported by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). For Poland, IHME uses data mainly from the Central Statistical Office of Poland, whereas for Albania the information is based on the reports from the National Institute of Statistics.

Results: In 2019, life expectancy at birth was slightly higher in Albania compared to Poland (78.5 years vs. 78.1 years, respectively). Mortality rate from noncommunicable diseases was similar in both countries (about 520 deaths per 100,000 population). In 2019, the main risk factor for the overall mortality in both countries was the high systolic blood pressure. In Albania, high systolic blood pressure accounted for almost 32% of deaths from all causes, whereas in Poland it accounted for only 21% of all deaths. The second main risk factor in Albania concerned the dietary factors which were responsible for almost one in four deaths. In Poland, the second main risk factor for all-cause mortality concerned tobacco which was responsible for one in five deaths. The third leading risk factor in Albania was tobacco (responsible for one in five deaths), whereas in Poland it concerned the dietary risks (responsible for about 19% of the all-cause mortality).

Conclusions: This analysis provides useful information about the current health status of two populations pertinent to the former Communist Bloc in CEE. While health indicators can provide important information about the differences in health status between populations, it is important to interpret these indicators in the context of the specific challenges and limitations facing each country.

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部分后共产主义欧洲国家的健康状况：波兰与阿尔巴尼亚的比较研究。

目的：本分析旨在比较阿尔巴尼亚和波兰人口的部分健康状况指标：本分析旨在比较阿尔巴尼亚和波兰人口的部分健康状况指标，这两个国家是中欧和东欧（CEE）的两个前共产主义国家：本分析基于卫生计量与评价研究所（IHME）报告的《2019 年全球疾病负担》（GBD）研究的相关估计值。对于波兰，IHME主要使用波兰中央统计局的数据，而阿尔巴尼亚的信息则基于国家统计局的报告：2019 年，阿尔巴尼亚的出生时预期寿命略高于波兰（分别为 78.5 岁和 78.1 岁）。两国的非传染性疾病死亡率相似（每 10 万人中约有 520 人死亡）。2019 年，两国总死亡率的主要风险因素都是高收缩压。在阿尔巴尼亚，高收缩压占所有死因的近32%，而在波兰，高收缩压仅占所有死因的21%。阿尔巴尼亚的第二个主要风险因素与饮食因素有关，几乎每四例死亡中就有一例与饮食因素有关。在波兰，全因死亡的第二大风险因素与烟草有关，每五例死亡中就有一例与烟草有关。阿尔巴尼亚的第三大风险因素是烟草（占死亡人数的五分之一），而波兰的第三大风险因素是饮食风险（约占全因死亡率的 19%）：这项分析提供了有关中欧和东欧前共产主义集团两个相关人群当前健康状况的有用信息。虽然健康指标可以提供有关不同人群健康状况差异的重要信息，但重要的是要结合每个国家面临的具体挑战和局限性来解释这些指标。

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