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BackgroundLittle is known about long-term changes linking chronic diseases and poverty in low-income countries such as Bangladesh. This study examines how chronic disease mortality rates change across socioeconomic groups over time in Bangladesh, and whether such mortality is associated with households falling into poverty.MethodsAge-sex standardized chronic diseases mortality rates were estimated across socioeconomic groups in 1982, 1996 and 2005, using data from the health and demographic surveillance system in Matlab, Bangladesh. Changes in households falling below a poverty threshold after a chronic disease death were estimated between 1982-96 and 1996-2005.ResultsAge-sex standardized chronic disease mortality rates rose from 646 per 100 000 population in 1982 to 670 in 2005. Mortality rates were higher in wealthier compared with poorer households in 1982 [Concentration Index = 0.037; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.002, 0.072], but switched direction in 1996 (Concentration Index = -0.007; 95% CI: -0.023, 0.009), with an even higher concentration in the poor by 2005 (Concentration Index = -0.047; 95% CI: -0.061, -0.033). Between 1982-96 and 1996-2005, the highest chronic disease mortality rates were found among those households that fell below the poverty line. Households that had a chronic disease death in 1982 were 1.33 (95% CI: 1.03, 1.70) times more likely to fall below the poverty line in 1996 compared with households that did not.ConclusionsChronic disease mortality is a growing proportion of the disease burden in Bangladesh, with poorer households being more affected over time periods, leading to future household poverty.

Original publication

DOI

10.1093/ije/dyv197

Type

Journal

International journal of epidemiology

Publication Date

12/2015

Volume

44

Pages

1917 - 1926

Addresses

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and jahangir.khan@lstmed.ac.uk.

Keywords

Humans, Neoplasms, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Heart Diseases, Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Chronic Disease, Odds Ratio, Longitudinal Studies, Family Characteristics, Social Class, Poverty, Adult, Aged, Middle Aged, Rural Population, Bangladesh, Female, Male, Stroke, Young Adult