Population Dynamics in Bangladesh: Data sources, current facts and past trends

Farid, Kazi Shek; Ahmed, Jasim Uddin; Sarma, P. K.; Begum, Sabeha

doi:10.3329/jbau.v9i1.8754

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“…The population of Bangladesh, such as other developing countries, is also getting older as the average life expectancy increased from 56 years in 1990 to currently 69 years (Farid et al . ).…”

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Changing patient population in Dhaka Hospital and Matlab Hospital of icddr,b

Das

Rahman

Chisti

et al. 2013

Tropical Med Int Health

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The Diarrhoeal Disease Surveillance System of icddr,b noted increasing number of patients ≥60 years at urban Dhaka and rural Matlab from 2001 to 2012. Shigella and Vibrio cholerae were more frequently isolated from elderly people than children under 5 years and adults aged 5-59 in both areas. The resistance observed to various drugs of Shigella in Dhaka and Matlab was trimethoprimsulphamethoxazole (72-63%), ampicillin (43-55%), nalidixic acid (58-61%), mecillinam (12-9%), azithromycin (13-0%), ciprofloxacin (11-13%) and ceftriaxone (11-0%). Vibrio cholerae isolated in Dhaka and Matlab was resistant to trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (98-94%), furazolidone (100%), erythromycin (71-53%), tetracycline (46-44%), ciprofloxacin (3-10%) and azithromycin (3-0%).keywords Bangladesh, diarrhoea, elderly, rural, urbanInnovations in medical science and evidence-based practices reduced case fatality and increased life expectancy globally (Stewart et al. 2013). This resulted in an increase in the proportions of people older than 60 years -a population with compromised immunity and other regulatory functions and at higher risk of chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus, cardiorespiratory disorders and cerebrovascular diseases, especially in developing countries (Brown & Flood 2013 (Stoll et al. 1982). The DDSS in Dhaka systematically samples 2% of all patients irrespective of their age, sex, socio-demographic and economic status. The rural Matlab Hospital enrolled all patients coming from icddr,b Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) area. The DDSS was approved by both the Research Review Committee and the Ethical Review Committee of icddr,b, and verbal consent was provided by the patients or by parents/attending caregivers for minors. These two facilities provide cost-free care and treatment to more than 140 000 and 20 000 patients, respectively, each year (Das et al. 2013). We noted an increasing number of patients 60 years and older at both facilities ( Figure 1) and aimed to compare the proportion of patients in different age strata and the pattern of isolation of enteric pathogens among them from 2001 to 2012.The DDSS routinely collects clinical, epidemiological and laboratory information from enrolled patients, which include faecal culture for isolation and identification of major enteric pathogens, for example, Shigella, Vibrio cholerae, Campylobacter spp., enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia and rotavirus. We compared the aetiology of diarrhoea in different age strata: <5, 5-59 and 60 years and older by chi-square test. A probability value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. The magnitude of association was determined by estimating odds ratios (ORs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs).In Dhaka, the number of elderly patients has increased during the study period. In Matlab, the number of elderly individuals has been increasing over the period with reduced proportion of under-5 children, but there was no change among 5-to 59-year-old ad...

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Section: Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern Of Shigella In Different Agmentioning

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Changing patient population in Dhaka Hospital and Matlab Hospital of icddr,b

Das

Rahman

Chisti

et al. 2013

Tropical Med Int Health

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“…The last half of the1990s showed that the life expectancy of 60+ years old was increasing and the average life expectancy rate reached 70 years in 2010. Life expectancy rate is higher among females than males in Bangladesh [1].…”

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Effect of elimination of diseases on expectation of life in Bangladesh

Sarkar

Islam

2018

JHR

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to investigate the trend of life expectancy in Bangladesh and find the effect of eliminating the causes of diseases on life expectancy statistics. Design/methodology/approach -Data consisted of 1,530 deaths in 2000, 1,582 deaths in 2004 and 1,514 deaths in 2008 that were collected from the Health and Demographic Surveillance System of International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh. Trends in life expectancy after eliminating the cause of diseases were examined by a Single Decrement Life table.Findings -The expectation of life for both male and female presented differing patterns. Results showed that life expectancies were greatly reduced in the presence of all groups of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the community, whilst life expectancies were significantly improved if all NCDs within all disease groups were completely eliminated. The life expectancies in the presence of NCDs showed lowest expected years among all the present diseases groups and the life expectancies eliminating NCDs showed highest expected years among all the eliminating diseases groups. The results indicated that 10.99 years of life would be added to life expectancy at birth for the male population and 8.82 years for the female population in 2008 if NCDs were eliminated. Originality/value -The findings of this study provide useful information which could contribute to a more effective allocation of targeted funding for developing public health programs. Lowering mortality by eliminating major groups of diseases results in higher life expectancy ratings. Specifically, the relative impacts of eliminating cardiovascular diseases and respiratory diseases, as compared with eliminating neoplasms.

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“…Farid et al (2011), citing a report by Bangladesh's central bank, reported about 72 million people having migrated abroad between 1976 and 2010 thus underscoring the importance of factoring in migration trends in the Bangladesh population in health risk assessment studies.…”

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