Regionale sykelighetsforskjeller i Nord-Trøndelag fylke belyst med tall fra ulike datakilder
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https://doi.org/10.5324/nje.v8i1.429Abstract
SAMMENDRAG
Nord-Trøndelag fylke inndeles i to sykehusområder, Namdal i nord/nordvest og Innherred i sør. Det er
tidligere påvist høyere sykehusforbruk i Namdal enn i Innherred. En undersøkelse fra 80-tallet tydet på at
forhold i primærhelsetjenesten forklarte noen av disse forskjellene: større stabilitet blant primærlegene og
bedre samarbeid mellom første- og andrelinjetjenesten i Innherred kunne forklare lavere sykehusforbruk i dette
området. Forhold knyttet til geografi, næringsstruktur og befolkningssammensetning så ikke ut til å spille
noen vesentlig rolle. Formålet med denne undersøkelsen var å kartlegge eventuelle forskjeller i sykelighet
mellom befolkningene i Namdal og Innherred. For å beskrive sykdomsmønstre i fylket har vi hentet data fra
befolkningsundersøkelser i fylket, fra sykehusstatistikk, fra registrering hos primærleger, fra kreftregisteret,
fra meldingssystemet for infeksjonssykdommer, fra dødsårsaksregisteret, fra fylkets trygdekontor og fra
Fylkeslegen. Det var høyere forekomst av hjertesykdom og høyere nivåer for risikofaktorer for hjertesykdom
(målte gjennomsnittlige kolesterolverdier, høyt blodtrykk, daglig røyking og infarktrisk-skåre) i Namdal enn i
Innherred. Regionale ulikheter i sykelighet registrert ved Helseundersøkelsen i Nord-Trøndelag (HUNT) ble
bekreftet av tilsvarende forskjeller ved innleggelser i sykehus for en rekke sykdommer.
Fretland S, Krüger Ø.
Regional differences in disease morbidity in Nord-Trøndelag county.
Nor J Epidemiol
ENGLISH SUMMARY
Previous research has revealed that the population-adjusted number of hospital admissions through many
years has been higher in Namdal than in Innherred hospital region. This was not explained by differences in
population age or sex distributions, but was to some extent associated with the level of primary health care.
The aim of this study was to investigate if there were differences in morbidity between the two hospital
regions. We have used different sources to collect information about the disease patterns: The Nord-
Trøndelag Health Survey, data from general practitioners in the county, the Cancer Registry of Norway, the
National Institute of Public Health, the hospital registers in the county of Nord-Trøndelag, the National Death
Register, the public insurance company and from the County Health Office. There was a substantially higher
occurrence of heart disease and risk factors for heart disease (levels of cholesterol and blood pressure, cigarette
smoking and infarction risk score) in Namdal than in Innherred hospital region. The regional differences
in coronary heart disease were clearly confirmed in hospital admission data, and also for several other
diseases: stroke, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, Bechterew's disease and arm and hip fractures –
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