Justin D. Salciccioli|Dominic C. Marshall|Joseph Shalhoub|Mahiben Maruthappu|Giuseppe De Carlo|Kian Fan Chung
Respiratory disease mortality in the United Kingdom compared with EU15+ countries in 1985-2015: observational study
Mount Auburn Hospital|Harvard University|John Radcliffe Hospital|University of Oxford|Imperial College London|Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust|European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients Associations|Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust|Imperial College London
compare age standardised death rates respiratory disease mortality united kingdom countries similar health system performanceobservational studyworld health organization mortality database 19852015residents uk austria belgium denmark finland france germany greece ireland italy luxembourg netherlands portugal spain sweden australia canada united states norway also known eu15 countriesmortality respiratory disease infectious neoplastic interstitial obstructive respiratory disease differences countries tested time mixed effect regression models trends subcategories respiratory related diseases assessed locally weighted scatter plot smootherbetween 1985 2015 overall mortality respiratory disease uk eu15 countries decreased men remained static women uk age standardised death rate deaths per 100 000 people respiratory disease mortality uk fell 151 89 men changed 67 68 women eu15 countries corresponding changes 108 69 men 35 37 women uk higher mortality eu15 countries obstructive interstitial infectious subcategories respiratory disease men womenmortality overall respiratory disease higher uk eu15 countries 1985 2015 mortality reduced men remained women mortality obstructive interstitial infectious respiratory disease higher uk eu15 countries