Abstract

SEUC JO, Armando H; DOMINGUEZ ALONSO, Emma  and  FERNANDEZ CONCEPCION, Otmán. Cerebrovascular disease-adjusted life expectancy. Rev Cubana Hig Epidemiol [online]. 2004, vol.42, n.3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3003.

The cerebrovascular disease (CVD) is one of the diseases with the highest impact at the national and international level due to mortality and to the loss of quality of life it generates in the population. In Cuba, as regards morbidity, this impact has not been quantified in a unique index that takes into account the relative severity of the CVD, that is, its impact on the quality (and quantity) of life we all socially aspire to. Disability-adjusted life expectancy (DALE) is a relatively recent indicator that allows to quantify the effect of morbidity by any disease, in particular, the CVD, on life expectancy. In this paper, the DALE is calculated for the CVD by sex and for 1990, 1995 and 2000, which enables to conduct the comparative study of the impact of morbidity by this disease between men and women along this 3-year period.

Keywords : Cerebrovascular disease; morbidity; life expectancy; quality of life.