Health Policy Manag.  2021 Jun;31(2):188-196. 10.4332/KJHPA.2021.31.2.188.

Relationship between Extinction Risk Regions and Amenable Mortality

• Seol JJ
• Cho HK
• Lee HJ
• Lee KS

• KMID: 2525589
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4332/KJHPA.2021.31.2.188

Abstract

Background
This study purposed to analyze the relationship between extinction risk regions and amenable mortality.
Methods
This was a cross-sectional study based on the statistics of 2018 which was extracted from the 228 administrative districts in Korea. Cause of death statistics on each region in 2018 was used to produce the age-adjusted amenable mortality. Regional characteristics were measured by demographic factors, health behavior factors, socioeconomic factors, and medical resources factors. Multiple linear regression model was applied to test their relationship.
Results
Results showed that extinction risk regions, crude divorce rates, national cancer screening rates, and independent rate of finance were significantly related to the amenable mortality.
Conclusion
The study demonstrated differences in health status by the extinction risks of regions. This study suggests that the use of customized community care program can provide integrated services such as housing, health care or the use of information and communications technology which can make early diagnosis.

Keyword

Extinction risk region; Amenable mortality; Health inequalities