The aim was to evaluate the differences of mortality among @entity565 and @entity1030 @entity1 on the basis of the first period of hospitalization of these diseases. A total of 576,916 treatment periods for @entity565 and @entity1030 between 1972 and 1992 were identified in the discharge register maintained by the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health. @entity1 aged 50-54 years first treated in hospital in 1977 or later were analysed. There were 6655 new @entity565 @entity1 of this age, 2727 new @entity1030 @entity1 and 701 new @entity1 in a mixed group (with both diagnoses). Mortality up to the end of 1993 was analysed based on mortality and cause of @entity204 data provided by the Central Statistical Office of Finland. Estimated cumulative survival after 10 yr was higher among the @entity565 @entity1 (83.5% for @entity1 and 93.2% for @entity1 ) and lower among the @entity1030 @entity1 (60.1% and 78.0%) and in the mixed group (62.5% and 74.4%). The main cause of @entity204 among the asthmatics was @entity565 in 12.1% of cases, that among the @entity1030 @entity1 was @entity1030 in 22.1% of cases and that in the mixed group was one or other of these diseases in 39.1% of cases. The prognosis for @entity1030 @entity1 aged 50-54 years requiring hospital treatment is poor. Combination of the data available from the cause of @entity204 and hospital discharge registers indicates that obstructive @entity358 may well be of more significance from a public health point of view than the mortality statistics would lead us to believe. The very first hospitalization for @entity1030 calls for a thorough evaluation of the prospects for active treatment and prevention.

Survival experience of the population needing hospital treatment for XXXX or @entity1030 at age 50-54 years.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'Patients', 'patients', 'men'] @entity565 :: ('MESH:D001249', 'Disease') :: ['asthma'] @entity358 :: ('MESH:D008171', 'Disease') :: ['pulmonary diseases'] @entity1030 :: ('MESH:D029424', 'Disease') :: ['COPD'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death']
@entity565 :: (MESH:D001249,Disease) :: ['asthma']
