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<journal-id>1684-1824</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Médica Electrónica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev.Med.Electrón.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1684-1824</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1684-18242022000500799</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Mortalidad por diabetes mellitus en el municipio de Colón, Matanzas. 2011-2021]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Mortality due to diabetes mellitus in the municipality of Colon, province of Matanzas. 2011-2021]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Sánchez-Cruz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julio César]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Ortega]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ania]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Policlínico Docente Comunitario Francisco Figueroa Véliz  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Matanzas]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General Docente Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Matanzas]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>44</volume>
<numero>5</numero>
<fpage>799</fpage>
<lpage>810</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1684-18242022000500799&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1684-18242022000500799&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1684-18242022000500799&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  la diabetes mellitus, considerada uno de los principales problemas de salud a nivel mundial, es de las enfermedades que más caras resultan a la sociedad, debido a su alta y temprana mortalidad.  Objetivos:  caracterizar el comportamiento de la mortalidad causada por la diabetes mellitus en el municipio de Colón, en los últimos once años.  Materiales y métodos:  estudio descriptivo retrospectivo de la base de datos de fallecidos de la Dirección Municipal de Salud del municipio de Colón, desde el 1 de enero de 2011 hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2021. Fueron seleccionados 221 sujetos con diabetes mellitus como causa básica de muerte. Las variables independientes fueron: año de fallecimiento, sexo, edad y causa directa de muerte. Los resultados se analizaron con estadística descriptiva, a través del paquete SPSS.  Resultados:  tendencia creciente de la mortalidad, más acentuada en el año 2021, en el que fallecieron 38 diabéticos. Predominio en mujeres (134) con respecto a hombres (87), y en el grupo etario de 65 años y más (67,4 %). Se identificaron como más frecuentes causas de muerte las enfermedades del corazón (24 %), la bronconeumonía (20,4 %) y la insuficiencia renal crónica (14,9 %).  Conclusiones:  en el municipio de Colón, la mortalidad por diabetes mellitus ha mostrado una tendencia al alza durante los últimos once años; el predominio en mujeres, personas mayores de 65 años, y las enfermedades del corazón como causas directas de muerte, caracterizaron su comportamiento.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  diabetes mellitus, considered one of the main health problems worldwide, is among the diseases resulting more expensive to society, because of its high and early mortality.  Objective:  to characterize the behavior of mortality caused by diabetes mellitus in the municipality of Colon, in the last eleven years.  Materials and methods:  descriptive, retrospective study of the database of deaths from the Municipal Health Department of the municipality of Colon, from January 1st 2011 to December 31st, 2021. 221 subjects with diabetes mellitus with diabetes mellitus main cause of death were chosen. The independent variables were: year of death, gender, age and direct cause of death. The results were analyzed using descriptive statistics, through SPSS package.  Results:  increasing tendency of mortality, more accentuated in 2021, when 38 diabetic patients died. Women (134) predominated over men (87) and predominated also the age group of 65 years and over (67.4 %). Hearth diseases (24 %), bronchopneumonia (20.4 %), and chronic renal failure (14.9 %) were identified as more frequent causes of death.  Conclusions:  mortality due to diabetes mellitus has showed an increasing tendency during the last eleven years; the predominance in women, people over 65 years, and hearth diseases as direct causes of death characterized its behavior.]]></p></abstract>
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