Abstract

HERNANDEZ SANCHEZ, Mariela et al. Mortalidad por accidentes en Cuba. 1987 - 2002. Rev Cubana Hig Epidemiol [online]. 2003, vol.41, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3003.

Accidents are a world health problem . The aim of this paper was to identify the behavior of mortality from accidents in Cuba. To this end, a descriptive study of the accidental deaths occurred from 1987 to 2002 was conducted. The information sources were the databases of the National Statitics Division of the Ministry of Public Health and the population estimates of the National Statistics Office. The variables were age, sex, cause of accident, province of residence and populations. The indicators included gross and specific mortality rates, ratios, percentages of relative change of the series, rates of potentially lost years of life (PLYL) and of potentially lost years of productive life (PLYPL). There were higher rates of mortality due to falls (14.1 x 100 000 inhabitants). From 1987 to 2002, falls showed a relative increase of 36.8 %, whereas it was 18.5 % among females.

Keywords : ACCIDENTS [epidemiology]; ACCIDENTS [mortality]; ACCIDENTAL FALLS [epidemiology]; ACCIDENTAL FALLS [mortality]; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC [epidemiology]; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC [mortality]; MORTALITY, RATE.