1. [Adult mortality from chronic diseases in Chile, 1968-1990].
- Author
-
Taucher E, Albala C, and Icaza G
- Subjects
- Age Factors, Americas, Behavior, Chile, Demography, Developing Countries, Disease, Latin America, Population, Population Characteristics, Population Dynamics, Research, South America, Statistics as Topic, Adult, Cause of Death, Chronic Disease, Data Collection, Education, Environment, Geography, Life Style, Mortality, Research Design
- Abstract
"The paper starts with a brief analysis of the sources and the quality of the data and the mortality indices [for trends in adult mortality from chronic diseases in Chile]....A comparison is made of mortality among the 13 regions of the country and an attempt is made to relate the observed differences to some environmental and life-style factors. Rural-urban and educational differences of mortality by cause of death are also analyzed. The paper ends by comparing mortality by chronic disease in Chile with that of other countries of the Latin American region, noting some difficulties [in] such a comparison and proposing hypotheses for future studies." (SUMMARY IN ENG), (excerpt)
- Published
- 1994