Relationship between gender, region and mortality rate of cancer, heart disease, hypertension, cerebrovascular diseases

This study was examined the relationship between gender, region, year and mortality rates of malignant neoplasm, heart disease, hypertension, cerebrovascular diseases. Data were collected from Ministry of Public Health in 2002-2009. Variables were gender, region, year and mortality rate. Results showed people living in Bangkok were the highest mortality rates of malignant neoplasm, heart disease, hypertension and cerebrovascular diseases when compared with other regions. People living in the South were the lowest mortality rates of malignant neoplasm as well as the lowest mortality rates of heart disease, hypertension, cerebrovascular diseases in the Northeast. Multiple regression analysis found gender, region, and year were statistical significance (p<0.05). People living in Bangkok were more likely to have mortality rates of malignant neoplasm, heart disease, hypertension, cerebrovascular diseases than other regions. Female was less likely to have mortality rates of malignant neoplasm, heart disease, hypertension and cerebrovascular diseases than male. The study dramatically showed about mortality differences in gender and region. Future research should strengthen risk factors mortality differences in each region, especially lifestyle, risk behavior and culture.