Prevalence and Mortality Rates of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Causes of Death in SLE Patients in Finland
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
- Vol. 14 (1) , 43-46
- https://doi.org/10.3109/03009748509102015
Abstract
Nationwide prevalence and mortality rates in systemic lupus erthematosus (SLE) were estimated using a computer file of all hospital discharge records and cause of death statistics from 1972 to 1978. Age-specific and sex-specific prevalence rates were obtained from 1976 to 1978 and mortality rates from 1972 to 1978. In December 1978 the prevalence of SLE was 28: 100000. The overall mortality rate was 4.7 per million person-years in 1972–78. Active lupus nephritis, vascular events and infections were the most frequent causes of death in SLE patients.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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