gms | German Medical Science

Background: Germany has set itself the goal of reducing the premature mortality of 1-69-year-old men to 190/100,000 and of women to 100/100,000 women (age standardised) by 2030. This is intended to simultaneously increase the life expectancy of men and women.

Methods: For the years 2010 to 2017, the premature mortality of 0-69 year old men and women will be calculated and standardised to the European population. The results are extrapolated as a linear function and compared with the SDG's targets for 2030.

Results: The target for GE is to reduce premature mortality by 34% in men from 288/100,000 in 2015. For women, the value is also to be reduced by 34% from 153/100,000. According to the trend of the years 2010 to 2017, the target value cannot be achieved by 2030, the difference between men and women remains. There will be a hardly noticeable reduction of the difference in life expectancy from the current 4.82 years.

Conclusion: The target for 2030 can only be achieved with action plans. WHO Europe proposes 5 priorities to reduce premature mortality from chronic diseases and accidents:

1.

nore policy governance,

2.

gender equality,

3.

more gender-sensitive health systems,

4.

better health promotion,

5.

building a solid evidence base.

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

The authors declare that an ethics committee vote is not required.