Resumen

DOMINGUEZ ALONSO, Enma; SEUC, Armando H.  y  SANTANA PEREZ, Felipe. Burden of premature mortality from some diseases in the reproductive field: Years 1990,1995 and 2000. Rev Cubana Endocrinol [online]. 2003, vol.14, n.2. ISSN 1561-2953.

A procedure for quantifying premature mortality is based on potential years of life lost, a well-known indicator, which is widely used to estimate the health status of the population. The objective of the present paper is to compare the potential years of life lost due to premature mortality from some diseases in the reproductive field during 1990, 1995 and 2000. The analyzed diseases were: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; other sexually transmitted infections, maternal conditions and reproductive apparatus cancer. Potential years of life lost were calculated by using life expectancy rates for the period 1994-1995. Percentages and rates of potential years of life lost per 100 000 inhabitants were determined. The total rate of potential years of life lost increased for both sexes in the studied period: in females, it increased from 521,4 in the year 1990 to 679,9 in the year 2000 whereas in males, the rate values went up five times from 27,2 to 145,9. Females contributed more to premature mortality rates, representing over 80% of the total burden. It was observed that the relative burden of mortality from AIDS rose in both sexes. As to females, breast and uterine cancers were the most important causes of premature mortality, with an increasing tendency in the period. The relative burden of maternal conditions decreased from 10,7 in 1990 to 2,6 in 2000. The studied diseases as a whole showed rising burden of premature mortality in the studied period, being breast and cervical uterine cancers in women and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in both sexes the main contributors.

Palabras clave : MORTALITY; POTENTIAL YEARS OF LIFE LOST;; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SUMMARY MEASURES OF POPULATION HEALTH; PREMATURE MORTALITY..