Introduction:

Cardiovascular diseases are the main causes of death´s group in Mexico.

Objective:

To analyze trends of cardiovascular diseases in Mexico by sex, age, cause of death; and their impact in life expectancy from 1990 to 2015.

Methods:

To analyze trends of cardiovascular diseases in Mexico by sex, age, cause of death; and their impact in life expectancy from 1990 to 2015.

Results:

The trend of mortality by cardiovascular diseases presented three periods: between 1990 and 1997 there was an increase in both sexes; in 1997-2000 a decreasing trend; and between 2000-2015 a stationary trend in women and growing in men. The mortality due to ischemic heart disease and hypertensive diseases increased in men and women with consequent negative contribution to the life expectancy. On the contrary, cerebrovascular diseases decreased with gains in life expectancy. The other heart diseases tended to decrease by increasing life expectancy in both sexes.

Conclusions:

In Mexico there is a decrease in mortality due to specific cardiovascular diseases with a positive contribution to the life expectancy in older adults; however, there are others that have a bearing in an increase in mortality, which decreases the life expectancy of the population, mainly for older adults.

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