Introduction:

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases are at the highest level of diseases that affect both older women and men worldwide.

Objective:

To evaluate the possible differences of sex and type of atherosclerotic disease in patients over 60 years of age who died of cardiovascular disease.

Methods:

A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in 237 older adults who died from cardiovascular disease, belonging to three health areas of Santiago de Cuba municipality, from January to December 2021. Sociodemographic and clinical variables were analyzed. The information was processed and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The information was systematized with the statistical package version 22 and Excel.

Results:

There were significant differences in the risk factors of smoking and alcoholism with a higher frequency in the male population, obesity, sedentary lifestyle. Diabetes mellitus was more relevant in females, with similar behavior for acute myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular disease.

Conclusions:

The mortality generated by cardiovascular diseases, in the population of older adults, is similar in both sexes. The presence of risk factors showed the same frequency for mortality from heart disease and cerebrovascular disease.

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