Mortality from violent causes in the Americas
Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
; 27(2): 154-67, 1993. ilus
Artigo
em Inglês
| PAHO
| ID: pah-16358
Biblioteca responsável:
US1.1
Localização: US1.1, PAHO COLL
ABSTRACT
This article provides an assessment of 1986 mortality from violent causes in the Americas. Directed at assisting with development of preventive public health measures, it employs data available in the PAHO data base to focus on the under-25 year age group, compare mortality from violent causes with mortality from infectious and parasitic diseases, and evaluate the relative role of motor vehicle traffic accidents, other accidents, suicide, homicide, and deaths from unknown causes in mortality from violent causes. The study uses the classification of causes presented in the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision. The results show that 517 465 deaths from violent causes were registered in 28 countries and political units of the Americas in 1986, mortality from these causes ranging from 19.3 deaths per 100.000 inhabitants in Jamaica to 125 in El Salvador. Examination of available 1980-1986 data from five countries points to steady increases in mortality from violent causes in Brazil and Cuba that began respectively in 1983 and 1984. Assessment of male and female 1986 mortality from these causes in nine countries showed male mortality to be substantially higher, the lowest malefemale ratio (in Cuba) being 1.91... (AU)
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Texto completo:
Disponível
Coleções:
Bases de dados de organismos internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
Problema de saúde:
Meta 3.6: Reduzir as mortes e traumatismos por acidentes de transito
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Meta 3.3: Acabar com as doenças tropicais negligenciadas e combater as doenças transmissíveis
Base de dados:
PAHO
Assunto principal:
Violência
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Mortalidade
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Causas de Morte
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Artigo